Abstract Background In Sri Lanka, motherhood within marriage is highly valued. Sex out of
wedlock is socially unacceptable and can create serious public health problems such as …

Background and context. Uncontrolled and exponentially increasing population is one of the
biggest obstacles in the socioeconomic progress and prosperity of a nation. Aims and …

The present study identifies the prevalence, pattern & geographical distribution of pregnancy
loss and its various determinants. The choropleth equal interval maps and local indicators of …

In Sri Lanka, women do not have access to legal abortion except under life-saving
circumstances. Clandestine abortion services are, however, available and quite accessible …

Background: Unsupervised medical abortion pill intake is becoming a public health hazard.
Because of its widespread misuse, we planned to undertake this study to evaluate the …

Research on practice of induced abortion is of utmost importance as it can affect the health
of young persons and determine the level of fertility in the country. Many scholars define …

Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2 earlier, becoming the only one in South Asia
to do so before the dawn of the new century (De Silva, 1994). A total of 18 countries and …

Pregnancy termination is considered to have adverse effects on women's health and to have
created financial, economic, and social problems in their lives. This study aimed to identify …

Misoprostol, a WHO essential medicine indicated for labour induction, management of
miscarriage and post-partum haemorrhage, as well as for induced abortion and treatment of …

Unlike the rest of South Asia, female age at marriage in Sri Lanka reached a high level of
25.5 years by 1993 and declined thereafter to 23.6 years as reported by the 2006-2007 …