Topic: Research
Decade of progress providing safe abortion services in Ethiopia: Results of national assessments in 2008 and 2014
Integrating postabortion care, menstrual regulation and family planning services in Bangladesh: A pre-post evaluation
Exploration of the socio-economic profile of women and costs of receiving abortion services at public health facilities of Madhya Pradesh, India
Costs and cost effectiveness of providing first-trimester, medical and surgical safe abortion services in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
‘How shall we survive’: A qualitative study of women’s experiences following denial of menstrual regulation (MR) services in Bangladesh
About one quarter of women in Bangladesh are denied menstrual regulation (MR) due to advanced gestation. Little is known about whether women denied MR seek abortion elsewhere, self-induce, or continue the pregnancy.
Intimate partner violence and constraints to reproductive autonomy and reproductive health among women seeking abortion services in Bangladesh
Moving from legality to reality: How medical abortion methods were introduced with implementation science in Zambia
Evaluating the relative effectiveness of high-intensity and low-intensity models of behaviour change communication interventions for abortion care-seeking in Bihar and Jharkhand, India: A cross-sectional study
Correlates of contraceptive use four months post-abortion: Findings from a prospective study in Bangladesh
Associations between abortion services and acceptance of postabortion contraception in six Indian states
Women receiving induced abortions or postabortion care are at high risk of subsequent unintended pregnancy, and intervals of less than six months between abortion and subsequent pregnancy may be associated with adverse outcomes. This study highlights the prevalence and attributes of postabortion contraceptive acceptance from 2,456 health facilities in six major Indian states, among 292,508 women who received abortion care services from July 2011 through June 2014.
Costs of postabortion care in public sector health facilities in Malawi: A cross-sectional survey
This study estimates current health system costs of treating unsafe abortion complications and compares these findings with newly-projected costs for providing safe abortion in Malawi. It finds that transition to safe, legal abortion would yield an estimated cost reduction of 20-30 percent.