The hidden emergency: A facility-based assessment of postabortion care services in public health sector facilities in northern Nigeria

Date September 15, 2002
Author 

Tamara Fetters and Toyin Jolayemi

Subject 

Postabortion Care. Research-Evaluation. Training.

Description 

In Nigeria, a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, it is estimated that approximately half of all obstetric deaths are a result of unsafe abortion. To develop an understanding of current postabortion care (PAC) services and to determine need for future service provider training, Ipas collaborated with the State Ministries of Health to create a baseline assessment of PAC services in three areas of Northern Nigeria.

 

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Language 

English

Catalog # 

EMERNIG-E02

ISBN # 

1-882220-36-6

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