Background: Abortions are of major public health concern in developing countries. In
settings in which abortion is highly prohibited, the direct interview is not a reliable method to …

Introduction UNFPA recently developed a composite indicator to assess sexual and
reproductive health (SRH)-related laws as part of the Sustainable Development Goals …

Introduction: The stagnated CPR and high unmet need for contraception lead to
approximately 890,000 induced abortions every year in Pakistan. A fairly recent study from …

Over 2 million abortions occur annually in Pakistan, mostly in a clandestine and unsafe
environment. This is an area of grave concern for the reproductive health of women. A …

While unequally resourced partners from the so-called global South are often considered
'mere sample providers' in larger international genomics collaborations, in this paper, we …

Background Religion plays an important role in a patient's decision to have an abortion, as
well as in a country's abortion policy. However, a holistic understanding of the position of …

This chapter provides background and introduces the concept of mélange familism. A way of
life emerges when minorities, generally and specifically, the focus group of this study, single …

Summary Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region medical anthropology is now a
vibrant field, which has developed apace with the cultural anthropology of the region as a …

IndividualS'response and reaction to a phenomenon is determined by their inner emotions,
feelings and experiences when in contact with information. For this reason, the provision of …

Investigating preference for sons is a continuing focal area of development economics and
demographic research. Son preference presents a challenge in achieving the United …