Background The lack of usable indicators and benchmarks for staffing of maternity units in
health facilities has constrained planning and effective program implementation for …

Background Around 303,000 maternal deaths occur every year; most of these are
preventable (World Health Organization), ICD-10: International classification of diseases …

The changing abortion legal and practice landscape in the DRC in recent years calls for a re-
examining of induced abortion experiences. The current study provides population-level …

Background Abortion remains among the leading causes of maternal death worldwide. Post-
abortion contraception is significantly effective in preventing unintended pregnancy and …

Niger is a country in which legal restrictions and a dearth of research has long limited our
understanding of the extent and safety of induced abortion. The current study is the first …

Background Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality. In Afghanistan, which
has experienced decades of armed conflict and where abortion is highly restricted, maternal …

Background Afghanistan has one of the highest burdens of maternal mortality in the world,
estimated at 638 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017. Infections, obstetric hemorrhage …

Back ground: The risks of unsafe abortion are not only just to the woman involved and her
family butalso the costs of unsafe abortion are carried by the whole of the society …

Access to safe abortion services remain a challenge in many low and middle income
countries like Pakistan. Evidence suggests that Pakistan shares a huge burden of abortion …

Background: Abortion as the termination of pregnancy prior to 20 weeks of gestation or a
fetus born weighing less than 500g. The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge …