Expanding access to safe abortion in DRC: charting the path from decriminalisation to accessible care

AL Glover, JC Mulunda, P Akilimali… - Sexual and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Access to safe and comprehensive abortion care has the potential to save thousands of lives
and prevent significant injury in a vast and populous country such as the Democratic …

Women's experiences of facility-based abortion care: A WHO qualitative evidence synthesis

B Ganatra, AM Sorhaindo, A Cleeve, Ö Tunçalp… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization Abortion Care Guideline requires abortion care to
be not only safe but also effective, efficient, accessible, equitable, acceptable, and person …

Sexual and reproductive health implementation research in humanitarian contexts: a scoping review

A Norton, H Tappis - Reproductive Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Meeting the health needs of crisis-affected populations is a growing challenge,
with 339 million people globally in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023. Given one in …

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in …

E Pasquier, OO Owolabi, B Powell, T Fetters… - Reproductive …, 2024 - Springer
Background Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality.
There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion care (PAC) in …

Clients' perceptions of the quality of post-abortion care in eight health facilities in Dakar, Senegal

C Baynes, M Diadhiou, G Lusiola… - Journal of Biosocial …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Post-abortion care (PAC) integrates elements that are vital for women's survival after
abortion complications and their ability to meet their subsequent fertility intentions. Currently …

“Better dead than being mocked”: an anthropological study on perceptions and attitudes towards unwanted pregnancy and abortion in the Democratic Republic of …

D Burtscher, C Schulte-Hillen… - Sexual and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion contribute significantly to the burden of maternal
suffering, ill health and death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This qualitative …

Client satisfaction with abortion care service and its associated factors among women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Geta, E Israel, C Kebede - BMC Women's Health, 2024 - Springer
Background The client's satisfaction after abortion care is the key to sustaining abortion care
and increasing the health status of those who had complications from abortion …

Testing a framework for evaluating the quality of post-abortion care: an analysis using data from the AMoCo study in two sub-Saharan African hospitals in …

E Pasquier, OO Owolabi, B Powell, T Fetters… - Research …, 2023 - scienceportal.msf.org
BACKGROUND Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality.
Post-abortion care (PAC) provision in humanitarian settings suffers from limited accessibility …

Postabortion care and the voluntary family planning component: expanding contraceptive choices and service options

D Huber - Global Health: Science and Practice, 2019 - ghspjournal.org
Universal access to voluntary postabortion family planning is a critical and compelling
component of postabortion care. Such access should be joined with postpartum family …

Better dead than being mocked

D Burtscher, C Schulte-Hillen, JF Saint-Sauveur… - Sexual and …, 2020 - JSTOR
Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion contribute significantly to the burden of maternal
suffering, ill health and death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This qualitative …