Severity and Cost of Unsafe Abortion Complications Treated in Nigerian Hospitals
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Severity and cost of unsafe abortion complications treated in Nigerian hospitals.
CONTEXT Each year, thousands of Nigerian women have unintended pregnancies that end in illegal abortion. Many such procedures occur under unsafe conditions, contributing to maternal morbidity and mortality. METHODS In a 2002-2003 survey of women and their providers in 33 hospitals in eight states across Nigeria, 2,093 patients were identified as being treated for complications of abortion or ...
متن کاملComplications of unsafe abortion in sub-Saharan Africa: a review.
The Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat undertook a study in 1994 to document the magnitude of abortion complications in Commonwealth member countries. The results of the literature review component of that study, and research gaps identified as a result of the review, are presented in this article. The literature review findings indicate a significant public health problem in th...
متن کاملUnsafe abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study of abortion complication severity and associated factors
BACKGROUND Complications due to unsafe abortion cause high maternal morbidity and mortality, especially in developing countries. This study describes post-abortion complication severity and associated factors in Kenya. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 326 health facilities was included in the survey. All regional and national referral hospitals and a random sample of lower level ...
متن کاملUnsafe Abortion in Tanzania
Current abortion law is restrictive, but its legal interpretation needs to be clarified. In Tanzania, the penal code explicitly states that termination of pregnancy is legally permitted if it is performed to save a woman’s life.1 However, a recent report indicated that since Tanzania’s legal system is based on English common law, the English case of Rex v. Bourne could be applied in the interpr...
متن کاملThe Economic Cost of Unsafe Abortion: a Study of Post-abortion Care Patients in Uganda
Despite the high unmet demand for contraceptives in Uganda, use of modern methods in the country remains low, with no sign of it increasing to meet this demand (Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2007). The resulting wide gap between wanted and actual fertility leaves a large number of Ugandan women to resort to abortions in order to meet their fertility goals, despite the fact that abortion is highly...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Family Planning Perspectives
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0190-3187
DOI: 10.1363/3404008