There is a large amount of research into maternal health as a health issue, but maternal
health as a development issue has been less explored. This Review analyses the evidence …

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 …

Combined hormonal contraceptives (COCs) are one of the most popular methods of birth
control, worldwide. This reliable form of contraception, having a theoretical failure rate of …

Legal, institutional, and payer policies regulating reproductive health care lack a shared
language with medicine, resulting in great confusion and consternation. This paper critically …

Background: In spite of widely available choices for contraceptive method there is poor
acceptance for the same because of less knowledge and ignorance. PPIUCD is one of best …

Background The demand for induced abortions in Uganda is high despite legal and moral
proscriptions. Abortion seekers usually go to illegal, hidden clinics where procedures are …

Little is known about the costs and consequences of abortions to women and their
households. Our aim was to study both costs and consequences of induced and …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of women who had undergone an unsafe
abortion and attended a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan with complications. METHODS …

The lifetime of tungsten cathodes used in plasma spray torches is limited by processes
leading to a loss of cathode material. It was reported in the literature that the mechanism of …

Background Over two thirds of women who need contraception in Uganda lack access to
modern effective methods. This study was conducted to estimate the potential cost …