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 …

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 …

ABSTRACT Background: Female sex workers (FSWs) in Cameroon commonly have unmet
need for contraception posing a high risk of unintended pregnancy. Unintended pregnancy …

Introduction: there are controversies surrounding the practice of abortion especially in
developing countries of Africa. Cameroon is not an exception to this and hence this study …

Introduction: l'accès à l'interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG) est restrictif au Cameroun.
La législation autorise l'acte dans deux cas: lorsque la grossesse résulte d'un viol ou …

Saharan Africa (SSA) contributes 29% of the global unsafe abortions with 62% of abortion-
related deaths. This is due to restrictive abortion laws, low quality post abortion care (PAC) …

Abstract Manual Vacuum Aspirators (MVA), Dilation and Curettage (D&C), and medical
abortifacients (Misoprostol, Mifepristone and Divabo) are available in clinical settings that …

Cet article est un retour sur des situations d'interactions vécues au cours d'une enquête
qualitative réalisée au Cameroun sur un objet clivant: la pilule contraceptive d'urgence. Les …

Over 50% of pregnancies in slums are unintended, signifying unmet family planning (FP)
needs. In Cameroon, about 60% of city dwellers live in slums where basic health services …

Induced abortion signifies that pregnancy has been tempered with. Abortion is the removal
of an embryo or fetus weighing less than 500 grams from its mother. It can either be …