[HTML][HTML] Abortion worldwide 2017: uneven progress and unequal access

S Singh, L Remez, G Sedgh, L Kwok, T Onda - 2018 - guttmacher.org
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 …

Postabortion care: 20 years of strong evidence on emergency treatment, family planning, and other programming components

D Huber, C Curtis, L Irani, S Pappa… - Global Health: Science …, 2016 - ghspjournal.org
Worldwide 75 million women need postabortion care (PAC) services each year following
safe or unsafe induced abortions and miscarriages. We reviewed more than 550 studies on …

Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in sub–saharan Africa: a systematic review

LE Bain, MBM Zweekhorst, T de Cock Buning - African Journal of …, 2020 - ajol.info
Over forty percent of pregnancies worldwide are unintended, with a quarter of these from
Africa. There is a growing body of evidence regarding the adverse health, economic …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of induced abortion in Uganda, 2013: new estimates since 2003

E Prada, LM Atuyambe, NM Blades, JN Bukenya… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background In Uganda, abortion is permitted only when the life of a woman is in danger.
This restriction compels the perpetuation of the practice in secrecy and often under unsafe …

[HTML][HTML] The macroeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the costs and outcomes

YM Rodgers, E Coast, SR Lattof, C Poss, B Moore - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Although abortion is a common gynecological procedure around the globe, we
lack synthesis of the known macroeconomic costs and outcomes of abortion care and …

Safe abortion: The public health rationale

MF Fathalla - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is now more than 50 years since the World Health Assembly recognized abortion as a
serious public health problem. The challenge still stands. Addressing the problem of unsafe …

[HTML][HTML] Unintended pregnancy and abortion in Uganda

R Hussain - 2013 - guttmacher.org
Unintended pregnancy is common in Uganda, leading to high levels of unplanned births,
unsafe abortions, and maternal injury and death. Because most pregnancies that end in …

Availability, accessibility and utilization of post-abortion care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

C Izugbara, FM Wekesah, M Sebany… - Health care for …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
At the 1994 ICPD, sub-Saharan African (SSA) states pledged, inter alia, to guarantee quality
post-abortion care (PAC) services. We synthesized existing research on PAC services …

Comparison of treatment of incomplete abortion with misoprostol by physicians and midwives at district level in Uganda: a randomised controlled equivalence trial

M Klingberg-Allvin, A Cleeve, S Atuhairwe… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Misoprostol is established for the treatment of incomplete abortion but has not
been systematically assessed when provided by midwives at district level in a low-resource …

The individual level cost of pregnancy termination in Zambia: a comparison of safe and unsafe abortion

T Leone, E Coast, D Parmar… - Health policy and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Zambia has one of the most liberal abortion laws in sub-Saharan Africa. However, rates of
unsafe abortion remain high with negative health and economic consequences. Little is …