Objective. The aim of this study was to describe two of the outcomes of pregnancy, induced
abortion and miscarriage, in three African countries. Major maternal risk factors were also …

We present a study of the maternal morbidity and mortality among 76 patients treated at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi for complications of induced abortion …

This report presents the major findings of a study of induced abortion in Nepal, based on
165 cases out of the 1,576 female patients identified as having abortion-related …

PIP: Although abortion in Uganda is illegal and permitted only to save the life of the mother,
both spontaneous and induced abortion remains a major health problem in the country …

Despite decades of rhetoric by the international community, maternal mortality-or deaths of
women related to pregnancy and childbirth-remains stubbornly and unacceptably high in …

A review of cases of induced abortion managed at Ogun State University Teaching Hospital,
Sagamu from January 1988 to December 1997 is presented. One hundred and two cases …

Unsafe abortion is preventable and yet remains a significant cause of maternal morbidity
and mortality in much of the developing world. Over the last decade, the World Health …

METHODS Data on postabortion care and abortion in Senegal were collected in 2013 using
surveys of a nationally representative sample of 168 health facilities that provide …

Induced abortions 42 million 38 million 130 million unsafe abortions. Unsafe abortion
accounts for 13 percent of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developing …

African policymakers and health authorities are expressing concern over the numbers of
clandestine abortions they see and the resulting morbidity and mortality associated with …