Background: The contraceptive prevalence in our environment is very low with attendant
increase in unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion. The use of emergency contraception …

Introduction: Unintended pregnancies are a major health problem and one of the main
interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions is the correct use of …

Our objective was to investigate the knowledge, use and attitude towards emergency
contraceptive pills among female undergraduates. This was done using a randomly selected …

BACKGROUND: Unwanted pregnancy followed by unsafe abortion is one of the major
worldwide health problems, which has many negative consequences on the health and well …

Background: Emergency contraception (EC) has a definite place in family planning in most
populations but physicians' attitude has been shown to greatly influence the utilization and …

Objective Unsafe abortions account for nearly one-third of maternal deaths among young
people. Women who have an induced abortion are usually literate and less than 30 years …

Objective: To ascertain the utilization of the EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION and to
evaluate the impact of intervention on acceptability and utilization of emergency …

Background. Health care workers (HCWs) play an important role in making emergency
contraceptives (ECs) available to clients. They can influence accessibility positively through …

Background: An unwanted and unintended pregnancy is a major concern in a women's life
as it has its adverse social and health outcomes. Emergency contraception (EC) is safe and …