CONTEXT: Periodic assessments of abortion incidence are essential for monitoring trends in
unintended pregnancy and gaps in contraceptive services and use. METHODS: Statistics …

Unsafe abortion accounts for approximately 13% of maternal deaths worldwide—roughly
47000 deaths per year. Most deaths from unsafe abortion occur in low-resource countries …

This study draws on in‐depth interviews and focus group discussions with young adults in a
metropolitan area of the Philippines to examine perceptions and practices of illegal abortion …

In many areas of the world where HIV prevalence is high, rates of unintended pregnancy
and unsafe abortion have also been shown to be high. Of all pregnancies worldwide in …

The Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD) in 1994 defined strategies and goals for advancing reproductive health and rights …

The range of medicines and technologies that are essential for sexual and reproductive
health care is well established, but access to them is far from universally assured …

Although obstetrician–gynecologists recognize the importance of managing fertility for the
reproductive health of individuals, many are not aware of the vital effect they can have on …

Nearly 20% of the 208 million pregnancies that occur annually are aborted. More than half of
these (21.6 million) are unsafe, resulting in 47,000 abortion-related deaths each year …

Some recent studies have suggested that fertility decline has slowed down in several sub-
Saharan Africa countries, but have reached contradictory conclusions. This thesis re …

Revista Colombiana de obstetRiCia y GineColoGía vol. 62 no. 1• 2011 10 está pendiente en
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