Reducing Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria
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Research has consistently shown that high rates of abortion reflect high levels of unintended pregnancy, and that is certainly the case in Nigeria. Of the estimated 6.8 million pregnancies that occur annually in Nigeria, one in five are unplanned, and half of these end in an induced abortion (Figure 1, page 2). This issue brief highlights the latest scientific evidence on the causes and consequences of unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Nigeria, and identifies the key steps that health care providers, universities and medical schools, and the Nigerian government need to take to address the health, social and economic consequences of unsafe abortion.
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