Over forty percent of pregnancies worldwide are unintended, with a quarter of these from
Africa. There is a growing body of evidence regarding the adverse health, economic …

Introduction Approximately 14 million unintended pregnancies are recorded annually in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA). We sought to investigate the prevalence and determinants of …

Background Unintended pregnancies increase levels of stress, adoption of risky behaviours
and impact on women's general quality of life. In Ghana, in spite of the paucity of literature …

Background: Thecurrent population of the world is seven billion, and developing countries
account for its 97%. Approximately 210 million pregnancies annually occur worldwide and …

Background Unintended pregnancy predisposes women to unsafe abortion, malnutrition,
mental illness, and even death. Though adolescent girls and young women are at higher …

Background. Unintended pregnancy is seen as the key concept for better understanding the
fertility and the unmet need for family planning of populations. It is seen as a major …

Background: Unplanned pregnancy is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and
morbidity in the world. The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize the findings …

Background Unintended pregnancy has enormous health, social and psychological impacts.
Thus, comprehensive local evidence is required to guide interventions to prevent the …

Background Unintended pregnancy has significant consequences for the health and welfare
of women and children. Despite this, a number of studies with inconsistent findings were …

Introduction Unintended pregnancies are associated with a number of risk factors such as
malnutrition, mental illness, unsafe abortion, maternal mortality and horizontal transmission …