Postabortion care availability, readiness, and accessibility in Niger in 2022: results from linked facility-female cross-sectional data

HL Thomas, S Alzouma, S Oumarou, C Moreau… - BMC health services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Postabortion care (PAC), which is an essential element of emergency obstetric
care, is underresearched in Niger. The study aims to assess the availability, readiness, and …

Postabortion care service availability, readiness, and access in Burkina Faso: results from linked female-facility cross-sectional data

Y Onadja, R Compaoré, DB Yugbaré… - BMC health services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Little is known about postabortion care (PAC) services in Burkina Faso, despite
PAC's importance as an essential and life-saving component of emergency obstetric care …

Postabortion care availability, facility readiness and accessibility in Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire

SO Bell, M Shankar, S Ahmed… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Postabortion care (PAC) is an essential component of emergency obstetric care (EmOC)
and is necessary to prevent unsafe abortion-related maternal mortality, but we know little …

[HTML][HTML] Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities

HV McMahon, C Karp, SO Bell, S Shiferaw, A Seme… - Contraception: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of global maternal mortality and morbidity.
This study sought to estimate availability of essential postabortion care (PAC) services …

Postabortion and safe abortion care coverage, capacity, and caseloads during the global gag rule policy period in Ethiopia and Uganda

M Stillman, SPS Kibira, S Shiferaw, F Makumbi… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Abortion-related complications contribute to preventable maternal mortality,
accounting for 9.8% of maternal deaths globally, and 15.6% in sub-Saharan Africa. High …

Abortion care availability, readiness, and access: linking population and health facility data in Kinshasa and Kongo Central, DRC

S Magalona, HL Thomas, PZ Akilimali… - BMC health services …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) legalized abortion in 2018
to preserve health and pledged to provide quality postabortion care (PAC), yet little is known …

Availability and utilization of postabortion care services in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Guinea: a secondary analysis of emergency obstetric and neonatal care …

R Compaore, AM Ouedraogo… - Health Services …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Generally, there are disparities in the availability and utilization of postabortion care services
within the different regions at the national level in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Guinea …

Health systems' preparedness to provide post-abortion care: assessment of health facilities in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria

K Juma, R Ouedraogo, J Amo-Adjei, A Sie… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, access to abortion is legally restricted,
which partly contributes to high incidence of unsafe abortion. This may result in unsafe …

Health facility capacity to provide postabortion care in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

F Maruf, H Tappis, E Lu, GS Yaqubi, J Stekelenburg… - Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Background Afghanistan has one of the highest burdens of maternal mortality in the world,
estimated at 638 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017. Infections, obstetric hemorrhage …

Does supportive legislation guarantee access to pregnancy termination and postabortion care services? Findings from a facility census in Central Province, Zambia

JA Cresswell, OO Owolabi, N Chelwa, ML Dennis… - BMJ global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Zambia is one of the few countries in Africa to permit termination of pregnancy
(TOP) on a wide range of grounds. However, substantial barriers remain to TOP and …