To address the knowledge gap that exists in costing unsafe abortion in Ethiopia, estimates
were derived of the cost to the health system of providing postabortion care (PAC), based on …

Background Complications from unsafe abortion are believed to account for the largest
proportion of hospital admissions for gynaecological services in developing countries. The …

Objective. To analyse the medical costs incurred in treating women for incomplete abortion.
This stUdy was performed in conjunction with a nationwide survey of women who presented …

Zambia has one of the most liberal abortion laws in sub-Saharan Africa. However, rates of
unsafe abortion remain high with negative health and economic consequences. Little is …

Background The WHO estimates that 13% of maternal mortality is due to unsafe abortion,
but challenges with measurement and data quality persist. To our knowledge, no systematic …

BACKGROUND: The 1990–2008 estimates for the maternal mortality associated with unsafe
abortion require a re-examination. OBJECTIVE: To provide the latest estimates of the …

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PAPERS Population, Health, and Nutrition Population and Human Resources Department The …

Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to maternal mortality in Nigeria, and treatment of
postabortion complications drains public healthcare resources. Provider estimates of …

Access to abortion in the United States has eroded significantly. Accordingly, there is a
growing movement to empower women to self-induce abortion. To date, physicians' roles …

Based on research conducted in 2012, we estimate the cost to the Rwandan health-care
system of providing post-abortion care (PAC) due to unsafe abortions, a subject of policy …