Objectives In Zambia, despite a relatively liberal legal framework, there remains a
substantial burden of unsafe abortion. Many women do not use skilled providers in a well …

Stigma and silence surrounded unsafe abortion in Africa until the International Conference
on Population and Development in 1994. Up to five million unsafe abortions are performed …

In Ghana, abortion mortality constitutes 11% of maternal mortality. Empirical studies on
possible disparities in abortion experience and access to safe abortion services are …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the attitudes of professional health workers (doctors, nurses,
matrons, social workers and hospital administrators) to medically supervised abortion …

Research Page 1 Page number not for citation purposes 1 Knowledge and attitudes towards
abortion from health care providers and abortion experts in Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study …

This study aimed to measure abortion safety in Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, and Rajasthan, India
using population-based abortion data from representative samples of reproductive age …

T he new political regime elected in South Africa in 1994 ushered in a wave of reform aimed
at redressing the imbalances between people of different races, classes and geographical …

Safe abortion services are only legal in Nigeria to save the life of the woman. Widespread
incidence of unsafe induced abortions often results in death or irreparable harm to women …

Background Factors such as poverty, stigma, lack of knowledge about the legal status of
abortion, and geographical distance from a provider may prevent women from accessing …

Complications of unsafe abortion contribute to high maternal mortality and morbidity in
Mozambique. In 2002, the Ministry of Health conducted an assessment of abortion services …