Malawian women in all sectors of society are suffering from social implications of unwanted
pregnancy and unsafe abortion. Unwanted pregnancies occur among women who have …

Background Safe and legal abortions are rarely practiced in the public health sector in
Kenya, and rates of maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion is high. Little is …

As part of efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5–to reduce maternal mortality by
75% and achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015–the Malawi Ministry of …

METHODS: The Abortion Incidence Complications Methodology was used to estimate levels
of induced abortion in Malawi in 2009. Data on provision of postabortion care were collected …

Introduction: The rate of unsafe abortions in Kenya has increased from 32 per 1000 women
of reproductive age in 2002 to 48 per 1000 women in 2012. This is one of the highest in Sub …

Unsafe abortion in Kenya is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. In October
2012, we sought to understand the methods married women aged 24–49 and young …

Infertility, a common experience among women and men worldwide, remains on the margins
of public health and medicine in low-resource settings. Previous studies identified …

Public health discourses on safe abortion assume the term to be unambiguous. However,
qualitative evidence elicited from Kenyan women treated for complications of unsafe …

In Rwanda, unsafe abortion poses a grave risk to women's health and, by extension, to the
well-being of families and society. Although induced abortion is legal in very limited …

As part of a larger study of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in urban Zambia, the
issue of unwanted pregnancy and abortion was considered through the examination of the …