Reductions in abortion-related mortality following policy reform: evidence from Romania, South Africa and Bangladesh

J Benson, K Andersen, G Samandari - Reproductive health, 2011 - Springer
Unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to worldwide maternal mortality; however,
abortion law and policy liberalization could lead to drops in unsafe abortion and related …

Controversies and considerations regarding the termination of pregnancy for foetal anomalies in Islam

A Al-Matary, J Ali - BMC medical ethics, 2014 - Springer
Background Approximately one-fourth of all the inhabitants on earth are Muslims. Due to
unprecedented migration, physicians are often confronted with cultures other than their own …

Factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women attending antenatal care in Maichew Town, Northern Ethiopia, 2017

EA Kassahun, LB Zeleke, AA Dessie, BG Gersa… - BMC research …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Unintended pregnancy is one of the most public health issues in the world, and it
is the major sexual and reproductive health problem which carries a higher risk of morbidity …

Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi city, Kenya

D Beguy, J Mumah, L Gottschalk - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite the significant proportion of young people residing in slum
communities, little attention has been paid to the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) …

Abortion knowledge, attitudes and experiences among adolescent girls: a review of the literature

C Espinoza, G Samandari… - Sexual and reproductive …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Adolescent girls comprise a considerable proportion of annual abortion deaths, worldwide,
with 15% of all unsafe abortions taking place among girls under 20 years of age. Despite …

The biomedicalisation of illegal abortion: the double life of misoprostol in Brazil

SD Zordo - História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
This paper examines the double life of misoprostol in Brazil, where it is illegally used by
women as an abortifacient and legally used in obstetric hospital wards. Based on my …

Socio–economic determinants of abortion among women in Mozambique and Ghana: evidence from demographic and health survey

KS Dickson, KS Adde, BO Ahinkorah - Archives of Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite the variances in abortion laws accounting for differences in incidence
of abortion among African countries, it appears there is absence of literature on other factors …

Medicinal plants used for menstrual disorders in Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia and their uterine properties: a review

T Van Andel, HJ de Boer, J Barnes… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Menstrual disorders are generally not perceived as major
health concerns by global health organizations, despite being disruptive to women׳ s daily …

Management of infertility in low resource countries

S Sharma, S Mittal, P Aggarwal - BJOG: An International …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Infertility is a global problem, but the highest prevalence is in low resource countries,
particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa where infection‐related tubal damage is the commonest …

Plants used during maternity, menstrual cycle and other women's health conditions among Brazilian cultures

PB Yazbek, J Tezoto, F Cassas, E Rodrigues - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance For innumerous clinical cases related to women's health
and precarious medical care in developing countries, a large repertoire of plants have been …