Background: While many factors such as poor negotiating skills, low self esteem, gender
norms and peer pressure have been identified to influence the sexual behavior of …

Addressing unsafe abortion in developing countries may propel a rapid decline in overall
maternal death. A retrospective review of patients with complicated unsafe abortion was …

Background: Unsafe sex is a common practice among adolescents in Nigeria resulting in
unintended pregnancy, which eventually ends in unsafe abortion and STI. Methodology: An …

Objective To investigate the prevalence of life‐threatening complications related to
pregnancies with abortive outcome and the associated health service events and …

Background: Induced abortion contributes significantly to maternal mortality in developing
countries. Abortion has not been liberalized in Nigeria, and various studies have reported …

Objective: To compare the analgesic efficacy and safety of paracervical block and conscious
sedation in the surgical evacuation of the uterus following a first-trimester miscarriage …

Introdução O aborto é uma questão relevante para a saúde pública, por sua significância
entre as causas de morbidade e mortalidade materna. Objetivo Descrever o perfil …

Teenage pregnancy and motherhood are often constructed in contemporary, policy and
academic discourses as social problems, resulting in poor health and socio-economic …

Background: Abortion is a sensitive and contentious issue with religious, moral, cultural, and
political dimensions. Induced abortion especially when unsafe can endanger a woman's …

Background: Abortion poses a huge threat and burden to women's reproductive health most
especially in countries where it is illegal. About 210 million pregnancies occur every year all …