Objective: Abortion related procedures contribute to a significant economic burden because
it resulted in prolonged hospital stays for patients. We aimed to gather available evidence on …

Maternal health still remains a major challenge in almost all developing countries. In
Myanmar, the country met only 62% of its target for the maternal mortality rate (130 per …

The past three decades brought important developments to the area of women's access to
abortion, especially with the advent of medical abortion methods. However, the rate of …

Laws criminalising behaviour in the context of HIV and sexual and reproductive autonomy
directly and indirectly violate fundamental rights of people belonging to some of the most …

Significant reductions in child and maternal mortality have been achieved worldwide in the
past two decades. However, recent surveys in Lancet also indicate that currently about 200 …

Background: The quality of post-abortion care services is essential to improve the health of
women who experience complications from abortion. Abortion and its complication is the …

Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. A total of
266 women seeking care at health facilities for the treatment of incomplete abortion in …

Introduction: Unintended pregnancy includes unwanted and mistimed pregnancy. Nepal has
high proportion of unintended pregnancies. An unintended pregnancy has cost implication …

Unintended pregnancy (UIP) poses considerable humanistic and economic burden in both
developed and developing countries. In the analysis described here, we evaluate the costs …