Severity and management of postabortion complications among women in Zimbabwe, 2016: a cross-sectional study

MG Madziyire, CB Polis, T Riley, EA Sully, O Owolabi… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Abortion complications cause significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to
assess the severity and factors associated with abortion complications (induced or …

Men's roles in women's abortion trajectories in urban Zambia

E Freeman, E Coast, SF Murray - International Perspectives on Sexual and …, 2017 - JSTOR
CONTEXT: Given that maternal morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion persist,
especially in Africa, there is a pressing need to understand the abortion decision-making …

[HTML][HTML] Moving from legality to reality: how medical abortion methods were introduced with implementation science in Zambia

T Fetters, G Samandari, P Djemo, B Vwallika… - Reproductive …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although abortion is technically legal in Zambia, the reality is far more
complicated. This study describes the process and results of galvanizing access to medical …

Maternal near‐miss and death associated with abortive pregnancy outcome: a secondary analysis of the Nigeria Near‐miss and Maternal Death Survey

AI Adanikin, OUJ Umeora, E Nzeribe… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the prevalence of life‐threatening complications related to
pregnancies with abortive outcome and the associated health service events and …

Policymakers' Abortion Preferences: Understanding the Intersection of Gender and Wealth

LR Arriola, DD Choi, JM Davis… - Comparative …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
When are politicians willing to liberalize abortion laws? While restricted access to legal abor-
tion affects millions of women around the world, there is relatively little understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Road to maternal death: the pooled estimate of maternal near-miss, its primary causes and determinants in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Habte, HM Bizuayehu, L Lemma, Y Sisay - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2024 - Springer
Background Maternal near-miss (MNM) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO)
working group as a woman who nearly died but survived a life-threatening condition during …

[HTML][HTML] The development of adolescent agency and implications for reproductive choice among girls in Zambia

KJ McCarthy, K Wyka, D Romero, K Austrian… - SSM-population …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background A substantial proportion of adolescent girls in Zambia lack the ability to decide
their reproductive future. We examined the role of agency in early and unwanted adolescent …

Rethinking the definition of maternal near‐miss in low‐income countries using data from 104 health facilities in Tanzania and Uganda

AB Pembe, A Hirose, F Alwy Al‐beity… - … of Gynecology & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the consistency of maternal near‐miss incidence and mortality index
between two definitions across 104 facilities in Tanzania and Uganda. Methods Based on …

[HTML][HTML] High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa (AMoCo …

E Pasquier, OO Owolabi, T Fetters, RN Ngbale… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal
mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected …

Setting the research agenda for induced abortion in Africa and Asia

RH Scott, V Filippi, AM Moore… - … of Gynecology & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Provision of safe abortion is widely recognized as vital to addressing the health and
wellbeing of populations. Research on abortion is essential to meet the UN Sustainable …