With changing conditions affecting receipt of postabortion care, an updated estimate of the
incidence of treatment for complications from unsafe pregnancy termination is needed to …

For many years, most of us in the Society of Family Planning and the wider reproductive
health community have relied on the number of unintended pregnancies as a justification for …

At the 1994 ICPD, sub-Saharan African (SSA) states pledged, inter alia, to guarantee quality
post-abortion care (PAC) services. We synthesized existing research on PAC services …

Background Maternal mortality is still a major risk for women of childbearing age in Nigeria.
In 2008, Nigeria bore 14% of the global burden of maternal mortality. The national maternal …

METHODS Data were collected in 2014 from a nationally representative sample of 822
facilities that provide abortion or postabortion care, and from 82 key informants …

Background We know little about the frequency, correlates and conditions under which
women induce abortions in Nigeria. This study seeks to estimate the 1-year induced …

Objective This qualitative study aimed to identify person-centred domains that would
contribute to the definition and measurement of abortion quality of care based on the …

Context Nigeria is a high-burden country in terms of young people's health. Understanding
changes in young people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviours and the …

During the early 1990s, global health experts developed a new model of emergency
obstetric care: post-abortion care or PAC. In developing countries with restrictive abortion …

This qualitative study aimed to examine how abortion clients in Nigeria perceive abortion
and explore the role their beliefs and fears play in their care-seeking experiences and …