Background We assessed whether the safety of first-trimester manual vacuum aspiration
abortion done by health-care providers who are not doctors (mid-level providers) is …

India allows abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy but places restrictions on abortion
facilities and providers. Abortion services are especially deficient in rural areas. Although …

Background As an alternative to electric vacuum aspirations (EVA), there is an increasing
interest in using manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Objective To compare the safety, efficacy …

Objective We conducted a systematic review to examine the prevalence of minor and major
complications following first-trimester aspiration abortion requiring medical or surgical …

Background Medical abortion is under-used in developing countries. We assessed whether
early first-trimester medical abortion provided by midlevel providers (government-trained …

BACKGROUND: Although legal, access to safe abortion remains limited in India. Given
positive experiences of task-shifting from other developing countries, there is a need to …

Based on articles found on the PubMed and Popline databases on the provision of first-
trimester abortion by mid-level providers, this article describes policies on type of abortion …

Objective This study compared the hospital charges, duration of in-hospital procedures,
clinical course and complications between manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) and sharp …

In a study to assess the efficacy of and safety of vacuum aspiration syringe in the
management of incomplete abortion 300 patients with non septic abortion were evacuated …

Objectives: A prospective longitudinal study was carried out in two Harare hospitals to
determine whether manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) was as safe and as effective as sharp …