Abstract Background In India, a large number of pregnancies are unplanned resulting in
unsafe and illegal abortion. For every legal abortion, 10 to 11 illegal abortions are occurring …

Background Emergency contraception (EC) can significantly reduce the rate of unintended
pregnancies and unsafe abortions especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the increasing …

Background: Unintended pregnancies pose a major challenge to the reproductive health of
young adults in developing countries. Tertiary institution students are an important high-risk …

Background: A high rate of unintended pregnancy is said to be driving population growth,
particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately half of all pregnancies are …

This study was carried out to fill the information gap on the use of Emergency Contraceptives
(ECs) among female undergraduates, taking a case of Dodoma, Tanzania. A purposive …

Unintended pregnancy in adolescences is an important public health problem in both
developing and developed country, and causes various adverse maternal and fetal …

Background Globally, the rate of risky sexual behaviors among young undergraduates
remains a publi hhealth concern. A wide body of evidence underscores the negative …

Introduction The rapid and unexpected increase in the sex ratio at birth in Nigeria between
1996 and 2014 is yet to be fully explained. The contribution of sex-selective abortion has not …

Unintended pregnancy remains a major challenge to the reproductive health of women,
especially female undergraduates. It is a cause of unsafe abortions and their attendant …

Objective: Emergency contraception (EC) is an effective method to reduce unintended
pregnancies. Despite the notable gains in contraceptive use and decrease in the unmet …