Unsafe abortion is a significant but preventable cause of global maternal mortality and
morbidity. Zambia has among the most liberal abortion laws in sub-Saharan Africa, however …

Realising the health and wellbeing of adolescents Page 1 Women’s, Children’s, and adolesCents’
health the bmj | BmJ 351:suppl1 15 Realising the health and wellbeing of adolescents Investing …

OBJETIVO: avaliar a prevalência referida de abortamento espontâneo e induzido, em uma
amostra de mulheres brasileiras entrevistadas na Pesquisa Nacional sobre Demografia e …

Introduction Unsafe abortion past the first trimester disproportionately accounts for the
majority of global abortion-related morbidity and mortality; research that documents the …

Despite the existence of an abortion law and a safe abortion policy in Ghana, the Ghana
Statistical Service found that 15% of all women in the reproductive age group (15–49 years) …

OBJECTIVE: a 2-year study was conducted to update the core competencies for basic
midwifery practice, first delineated by the International Confederation of Midwives in 2002. A …

Background Unsafe abortion is a major public health problem in low-and-middle income
countries. Young and unmarried women constitute a high risk group for unsafe abortions. It …

Background Despite the significant proportion of young people residing in slum
communities, little attention has been paid to the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) …

Human Insecurity is concerned with our refusal to confront the millions of avoidable deaths
of women and children each year. Those missing millions are rarely the subject of …

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 …