Summary As part of Disease Control Priorities 3rd Edition, the World Bank will publish a
volume on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health that identifies essential cost …

With changing conditions affecting receipt of postabortion care, an updated estimate of the
incidence of treatment for complications from unsafe pregnancy termination is needed to …

The situation of induced abortion has changed markedly over the past few decades. This
report provides updated information on the incidence of abortion worldwide, the laws that …

Background Information about the incidence of induced abortion is needed to motivate and
inform efforts to help women avoid unintended pregnancies and to monitor progress toward …

Background Data of abortion incidence and trends are needed to monitor progress toward
improvement of maternal health and access to family planning. To date, estimates of safe …

This sixth edition of the WHO Global and regional estimates of unsafe abortion and
associated mortality is intended for policy-makers and programme managers, health …

OBJECTIVE: To explore how intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with unintended
pregnancy and abortion in primarily low-and middle-income countries. METHODS …

In June 1999 a United Nations General Assembly Special Session reviewed and appraised
progress toward implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference …

Stigmatization is a deeply contextual, dynamic social process; stigma from abortion is the
discrediting of individuals as a result of their association with abortion. Abortion stigma is …

n the developing world, deaths and poor health among women and newborns have
remained too high for too long, despite decades of international agreements declaring the …