The “rightness” of a technology for completing a particular task is negotiated by medical
professionals, patients, state institutions, manufacturing companies, and non-governmental …

Since the early 1990s, post-abortion care (PAC) has been advocated as a harm reduction
approach to maternal mortality and morbidity in countries with restrictive abortion laws. PAC …

Abstract Manual Vacuum Aspirators (MVA), Dilation and Curettage (D&C), and medical
abortifacients (Misoprostol, Mifepristone and Divabo) are available in clinical settings that …

Reproductive governance operates through calculating demographic statistics that offer
selective truths about reproductive practices, bodies, and subjectivities. Post-abortion care, a …

Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. Unsafe abortions are an
important contributor to Malawi's maternal mortality and morbidity, where abortion is illegal …

During the early 1990s, global health experts developed a new model of emergency
obstetric care: post-abortion care or PAC. In developing countries with restrictive abortion …

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Senegal between 2010 and 2011, I
demonstrate how health professionals have deployed indicators such as number of women …

Despite political commitments to address maternal deaths due to abortion, women and girls
in Burkina Faso still face impediments to accessing post-abortion care (PAC) services …

Background and objectives In Kenya, where abortion is legally restricted, most abortions are
induced using unsafe procedures, and lead to complications treated in public health …

Background Despite a recognized need for midwives to provide post abortion care, there
exist barriers preventing them from integrating lifesaving skills such as manual vacuum …