Assessing post-abortion care in health facilities in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

N Ansari, P Zainullah, YM Kim, H Tappis, A Kols… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2015 - Springer
Background Complications of abortion are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality
worldwide, along with hemorrhage, sepsis, and hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. In …

Testing a framework for evaluating the quality of post-abortion care: an analysis using data from the AMoCo study in two sub-Saharan African hospitals in …

E Pasquier, OO Owolabi, B Powell, T Fetters… - Research …, 2023 - scienceportal.msf.org
BACKGROUND Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality.
Post-abortion care (PAC) provision in humanitarian settings suffers from limited accessibility …

Barriers to seeking post-abortion care in Paktika Province, Afghanistan: a qualitative study of clients and community members

SM Perera, H Achakzai, MM Giuffrida, MJ Kulkarni… - BMC Women's …, 2021 - Springer
Background Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality. In Afghanistan, which
has experienced decades of armed conflict and where abortion is highly restricted, maternal …

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in …

E Pasquier, OO Owolabi, B Powell, T Fetters… - Reproductive …, 2024 - Springer
Background Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality.
There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion care (PAC) in …

Assessment of post-abortion care services in two health facilities in Conakry, Guinea

TM Millimouno, JP Leno, S Sidibé, OH Bah… - African Journal of …, 2020 - ajol.info
High quality post-abortion care (PAC) is needed to curb maternal deaths by providing
effective treatment and preventing future unintended pregnancies through PAC family …

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 …

Experiences with provision of post-abortion care in a university teaching hospital in south-east Nigeria: a five year review

CA Kalu, OUJ Umeora… - African journal of …, 2012 - journals.co.za
The objective of the study was to review the implementation of Post Abortion Care and
effective linkage to other post abortion services in Ebonyi State University Teaching …

Evaluating the quality and coverage of post-abortion care in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study with a census of health facilities

T Riley, MG Madziyire, O Owolabi, EA Sully… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background An estimated 65,000 abortions occurred in Zimbabwe in 2016, and 40%
resulted in complications that required treatment. Quality post-abortion care (PAC) services …

Policy, law and post-abortion care services in Kenya

MM Mutua, L Manderson, E Musenge, TNO Achia - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Unsafe abortion is still a leading cause of maternal death in most Sub-Saharan
African countries. Post-abortion care (PAC) aims to minimize morbidity and mortality …

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 …