CONTEXT: Each year, 19 million unsafe abortions occur in developing countries, and an
estimated five million women are treated for the resulting serious medical complications …

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 …

METHODS: The Post-Abortion Care Costing Methodology was used to produce estimates of
direct and indirect costs of postabortion care and direct costs of legal abortions in Colombia …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of costing studies of post-abortion care from low-and
middle-income countries and to describe costs in various settings. METHODS: A systematic …

Unsafe abortion-related morbidity and mortality (UARMM) exacts a huge price annually in
terms of the lives and health of women in developing countries each year. Almost 20 million …

This article presents estimates based on the research conducted in 2010 of the cost to the
Ugandan health system of providing post-abortion care (PAC), filling a gap in knowledge of …

Health care systems around the world are facing problems associated with providing high-
quality care with increasingly constrained resources. Out of an estimated 40–60 million …

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

Unsafe abortion is a significant but preventable cause of maternal mortality. Although
induced abortion has been legal in Zambia since 1972, many women still face logistical …

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 …