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 …

Background Utilization of antenatal care (ANC) services has increased over the past two
decades. Continued gains in maternal and newborn health will require an understanding of …

Consensus is lacking on the most appropriate indicators to document progress in safe
abortion at programmatic and country level. We conducted a scoping review to provide an …

Background Abortion-related mortality is one of the main causes of maternal mortality
worldwide. Laws often restrict the provision of safe abortion care, yet post-abortion care is a …

Background Seasonal floods pose a commonly-recognised barrier to women's access to
maternal services, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Despite their importance …

Introduction With a view to inform policy for improved postabortion care, we describe
abortion-related near-miss and mortality by sociodemographic risk factors and management …

Background In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, access to abortion is legally restricted,
which partly contributes to high incidence of unsafe abortion. This may result in unsafe …

Postabortion care (PAC) is an essential component of emergency obstetric care (EmOC)
and is necessary to prevent unsafe abortion-related maternal mortality, but we know little …

Background Although abortion is technically legal in Zambia, the reality is far more
complicated. This study describes the process and results of galvanizing access to medical …

Emergency obstetric care (EmOC) signal functions are a shortlist of key clinical interventions
capable of averting deaths from the five main direct causes of maternal mortality; they have …