Background: Improving women's health through modern contraceptive methods utilization is
the key strategy to prevent unwanted pregnancy and its complication. However, there was …

Introduction: Promotion and utilization of effective and convenient family planning methods
in countries with high birth rates and limited resources have a potential to improve maternal …

Introduction: The first year after a woman has given birth is crucial period for uptake of
contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancy. However, many women do not realize that …

Where unmet need for the safest, most effective, and long-acting reversible contraceptives
(LARCs) is very high, the health system and partners need to implement problem-solving …

Background: Unintended pregnancy contributes to unacceptably high maternal mortality
rates throughout the world and can have far-reaching health, social and economic …

Introduction While family planning (FP) is important throughout an individual's and couple's
reproductive life, postpartum family planning (PPFP) focuses on the prevention of …

To address the knowledge gap that exists in costing unsafe abortion in Ethiopia, estimates
were derived of the cost to the health system of providing postabortion care (PAC), based on …

Based on research conducted in 2012, we estimate the cost to the Rwandan health-care
system of providing post-abortion care (PAC) due to unsafe abortions, a subject of policy …

Introduction. Abortion is termination of pregnancy before the viability of the pregnancy. It is
one of the major causes for maternal mortality in the world and in Ethiopia. Unintended …

Background: Of an estimated 210 million pregnancies that occur in the world each year,
38% are unplanned, out of which 22% end in abortion. In Ethiopia, the estimates of …