Unsafe abortion continues to afflict the lives of many women, mostly those living in developing countries. In many countries, the procedure is either entirely prohibited or permitted only under certain circumstances. Independent of its legality, however, abortion continues to occur, with nearly half of abortions performed by unskilled providers or in unsafe conditions.
According to the World Health Organization, 13 percent of all maternal deaths are due to unsafe abortion. In 2008, an estimated 21.6 million unsafe abortions took place worldwide; in developing countries, 47,000 unsafe abortions resulted in maternal deaths.
An estimated 210 million women become pregnant each year in the developing world, and approximately 15–20 percent of their pregnancies end in abortion, whether spontaneous or induced. Complications arising from spontaneous (miscarriage) and incomplete induced abortion are widely recognized as a major public health concern, both in countries where abortion is illegal or legal with significant restrictions. For example, even in settings in which it is legally available, access to safe services is limited for many—especially women who are poor and live in rural areas. Poor quality of care, inadequate provider–client communication, lack of counseling on medical procedures, and limited use of contraception after the procedure are additional problems experienced by many women. Furthermore, stigma remains a large barrier for many clients and providers, regardless of the legal status of abortion. Postabortion care (PAC) is an integrated service that includes emergency treatment of complications, counseling and provision of contraceptives and STI/HIV services, provider training, and community empowerment through awareness-raising and social mobilization.
Population Council focus
Population Council research aims to save women's lives by reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by unsafe abortion. In countries where abortion is legal under a range of circumstances, we achieve this goal by helping national counterparts make services safer, more affordable, and more widely available.
Council research involves a range of community- and clinic-based studies focused on improving the availability, accessibility, safety, and quality of abortion services in settings where abortion is legal; exploring determinants of abortion and care-seeking behaviors; investigating knowledge and attitudes about abortion services among clients, men, and providers; and documenting the experiences of the most vulnerable, including young and unmarried women. The Council designs and implements innovative research and evidence-based advocacy to ensure that abortion services, where legally available, are widely accessible, safely provided, and affordable to all who need them. Council research also focuses on the reduction of stigma surrounding abortion. The Council is a member of regional and national consortiums on safe abortion in several settings, which are aimed to improving access and quality particularly for poor and rural women.
Where abortion is not legal, the Council aims to both document the public health and cost burden of unsafe abortion (e.g., by testing innovative ways to measure abortion incidence or prevalence rates) and improve the availability of postabortion care (PAC) services. Through operations research and technical assistance, the Council evaluates the feasibility, quality, and cost-effectiveness of strengthening existing or developing innovative PAC strategies. The Council’s FRONTIERS program collaborated with a diverse group of organizations and stakeholders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to design and implement interventions for PAC. Assessments of these interventions have communicated valuable lessons and patterns from regional experiences, which help to build national capacity for the utilization of PAC services through program and policy development. The Council is a member of the PAC Consortium, which endorses a model for care that combines community and service provider partnerships, counseling, treatment (including vacuum aspiration, infection prevention, and pain management), family planning and contraceptive services, and links to reproductive and other health services.
Population Council impact
- In India, where abortion is legal but access is limited, the Council has built evidence to support and advocate for expanding the types of providers trained to conduct manual vacuum aspiration and medical abortion thereby expanding women’s access to these services and providing the evidence to support the amendment of the MTP (abortion) Act.
- With partners in Ghana, the Council is seeking to reduce the number of unsafe abortions through increasing access to contraceptive services and to skilled provision of comprehensive abortion care services.
- The Council contributed to monumental policy change in 2007 in Mexico City, which has enabled women from within the capital but also from states where it remains restricted to receive safe first-trimester abortion and postabortion care from qualified providers.
- The Council supported the Ministry of Health in Egypt to develop service-delivery guidelines for providing postabortion care. These have subsequently been shared with stakeholders in Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen.
- In Senegal and Burkina Faso, a pilot operations research project initiated by the Council and Jhpiego helped lead to the integration of PAC in to the national emergency obstetric care strategy (EmOC) in each country. Stakeholders in Guinea and Niger and several other francophone countries used these experiences to advocate within their own ministries of health.
- In India, the Council is a member of the consortium for safe abortion services, a consortium that has demonstrated effective models of comprehensive abortion care in rural settings, and advocated for policy change.
Projects
Safe Abortion
- Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy (STEP UP) (more)
The Population Council is the coordinating partner for STEP UP, which will generate policy-relevant research to promote an evidence-based approach for improving access to family planning and safe abortion.
(1/2011 - 1/2016)
Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, Senegal
- Investigating Provider-level Factors Facilitating and Impeding Women's Access to Medical Abortion in India (more)
A Council study in India found that although medical abortion is provided by both certified and uncertified providers, awareness of the method is limited, national guidelines are not necessarily followed, and attitudes about expanding the provider base to include midlevel providers are generally unfavorable.
(11/2009 - 12/2011)
India - Postabortion Contraception Following Medical and Surgical Abortion Among Women in India (more)
A Council study determined that adoption and continuation of postabortion contraception are virtually identical among women undergoing surgical and medical abortion in India.
(11/2009 - 12/2011)
India - Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Through Increased Access to Comprehensive Abortion Care and Family Planning Services in Ghana (more)
The Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality program is supporting the government of Ghana in achieving its contraceptive prevalence goal of 39 percent by 2015 and reducing mortality and morbidity due to unsafe abortion in three focus regions.
(9/2006 - 12/2011)
Ghana - Expanding the MVA Provider Base in India: The Feasibility of Provision of Abortion by Mid-level Providers (more)
In India, Council staff members are working to make it possible for nurses to provide manual vacuum aspiration, thereby reducing death and injury associated with unsafe abortion.
(6/2007 - 12/2010)
India
- Increasing Access to Comprehensive Abortion Care Services in India (more)
The Population Council is assessing the effectiveness of a project to reduce constraints on women’s access to safe abortion.
(7/2006 - 10/2010)
India
- Using Research and Related Evaluation and Dissemination Activities to Strengthen the Mexican '"Building a Pro-Choice Alliance" Consortium (more)
Working with the "Building a Pro-Choice Alliance" Consortium in Mexico, the Council is identifying emblematic cases of abortion service denial, promoting the use of health indicators for legal abortion when pregnancy represents a risk, and building strategies to improve access to medical abortion.
(1/2007 - 12/2009)
Mexico
- Health Providers' Opinions of and Experiences with Legal Abortion in Mexico City (more)
Population Council researchers conducted in-depth interviews with health care providers to explore their experiences with and opinions of legal abortion.
(12/2008 - 8/2009)
Mexico
- Public Opinion About the Legalization of Abortion in Mexico City (more)
Council researchers conducted three representative abortion public opinion studies among Mexico City residents just prior to and one and two years after the groundbreaking legalization of abortion.
(4/2007 - 5/2009)
Mexico
- Women's Experiences with Legal Abortion in Mexico City (more)
Council researchers conducted in-depth interviews with women who accessed legal abortion in Mexico City clinics.
(9/2008 - 3/2009)
Mexico - Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion in Mexico (more)
Council researchers studied the incidence of induced abortion in Mexico.
(7/2006 - 12/2007)
Mexico - Pilot Study of Contraception and Abortion in Five Country Settings (more)
Council researchers in Pakistan contributed to a five-country study of contraception and abortion.
(3/2006 - 2/2007)
Pakistan
Postabortion Care
- Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Through Increased Access to Comprehensive Abortion Care and Family Planning Services in Ghana (more)
The Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality program is supporting the government of Ghana in achieving its contraceptive prevalence goal of 39 percent by 2015 and reducing mortality and morbidity due to unsafe abortion in three focus regions.
(9/2006 - 12/2011)
Ghana - Evaluation of the Replication of the Community Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) Model in Kenya (more)
The Council engaged in a replication of the COMMPAC model in Kenya's Rift Valley Province to increase access to postabortion care services by enhancing knowledge of sources of care and reducing fear of stigma, dissatisfaction with provider attitudes and performance, cost of services, and other barriers to care.
(8/2009 - 6/2010)
Kenya
- Using Operations Research to Enhance Delivery of Postpartum/Postabortion Family Planning Services in the Arab Region
A workshop enhanced the capacity of RH/FP programs in Egypt to introduce and scale up proven integrated family planning interventions through demonstration and expansion projects.
(11/2007 - 3/2008)
Egypt
- Enhancing Correct Use of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Postabortion Use of Family Planning in Egypt (more)
Researchers with the Council’s FRONTIERS program helped the Egyptian government build its capacity to promote the correct use of the lactational amenorrhea method.
(6/2007 - 1/2008)
Egypt
- Situation Analysis of the Integration of Family Planning Services in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Programs in the Dominican Republic (more)
This Council project was designed to assess the use of contraception within services for postpartum care, postabortion care, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
(11/2005 - 4/2007)
Dominican Republic
- Situation Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) Programs (more)
Council researchers assessed the use of family planning in postpartum, postabortion, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Nicaragua.
(11/2005 - 4/2007)
Nicaragua
- Assessing Management Sciences for Health's Postabortion Care Decentralization Program (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program assessed the successful introduction of postabortion care in Senegal by the Ministry of Health.
(9/2006 - 1/2007)
Senegal
- Situation Analysis of the Use of Contraception in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program collaborated on an assessment of the use of family planning in postpartum, postabortion, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Haiti.
(1/2006 - 1/2007)
Haiti
Resources
Post-abortion care in Pakistan: A national study
(PDF)
Sathar,Zeba A.; Singh,Susheela; Shah,Zakir Hussain; Rashida,Gul; Kamran,Iram; Eshai,Kanwal
Publication date: 2013
Communities take action in Kenya: Strengthening postabortion care (PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Obare,Francis; RamaRao,Saumya; Van Lith,Lynn
RESPOND Project Brief (no. 13)
Publication date: 2013
Insights into unmet need in Ghana (PDF)
Machiyama,Kazuyo; Cleland,John C.
STEP UP Research Report, February
Publication date: 2013
Insights into unmet need in Kenya (PDF)
Machiyama,Kazuyo; Cleland,John C.
STEP UP Research Report, February
Publication date: 2013
Insights into unmet need in Senegal (PDF)
Machiyama,Kazuyo; Cleland,John C.
STEP UP Research Report, March
Publication date: 2013
Post-abortion care in Pakistan: The influence of gender and poverty
Research brief
Publication date: 2013
"Elargir l'acces a des services de qualite de planification familiale et d'avortement sans risques," STEP UP Fact Sheet, July 2012 (PDF)
Publication date: 2012
"Scaling up access to quality family planning and safe abortion services," STEP UP Fact Sheet, July 2012 (PDF)
Publication date: 2012
Replication of the Community Mobilization for Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) model in Naivasha District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya: An evaluation report
(PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Obare,Francis; RamaRao,Saumya
The RESPOND Project Study Series: Contributions to Global Knowledge, Report (no. 9)
Publication date: 2012
Experiences of unmarried young abortion-seekers in Bihar and Jharkhand, India (abstract) (HTML)
Kalyanwala,Shveta; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh
Culture, Health and Sexuality 14(3): 241-255
Publication date: 2012
Factors associated with second trimester abortion in rural Maharashtra and Rajasthan, India (abstract) (HTML)
Zavier,A.J.Francis; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Global Public Health 7(8): 897-908
Publication date: 2012
Integration of family planning into other health services in Ghana: Performance needs assessment at four facilities in the Ashanti and Eastern regions (PDF)
Laar,Amos
Publication date: 2012
Can nurses perform manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) as safely and effectively as physicians? Evidence from India (abstract) (HTML)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh; Mundle,Shuchita; Tank,J.; Acharya,Rajib; Jha,Nita
Contraception 84(6): 615-621
Publication date: 2011
Clients' perceptions of the quality of care in Mexico City's public sector legal abortion program (abstract) (HTML)
Becker,Davida; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Juarez,Clara; Garcia,Sandra G.; Sanhueza,Patricio; Harper,Cynthia C.
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(4): 191-201
Publication date: 2011
Concordance and discordance of couples living in a rural Pakistani village: Perspectives on contraception and abortion -- A qualitative study (abstract) (HTML)
Kamran,Iram; Arif,Muhammad Shafique; Vassos,Katherine
Global Public Health 6(suppl. 1): S38-S51
Publication date: 2011
Detailing impact of Mexico's landmark legislation (PDF)
Population Briefs 17(3)
Publication date: 2011
Expanding access to safe abortion and post-abortion care: Recommendations of a South Asia regional consultation (PDF)
Population Council
Publication date: 2011
How often and under which circumstances do Mexican pharmacy vendors recommend misoprostol to induce an abortion? (abstract) (HTML)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Wilson,Kate S.; Paz,Francisco
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(2): 75-83
Publication date: 2011
Increasing access to safe abortion in rural Maharashtra: Outcomes of a comprehensive abortion care model (PDF)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Acharya,Rajib; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Publication date: 2011
Increasing access to safe abortion in rural Rajasthan: Outcomes of a comprehensive abortion care model (PDF)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Acharya,Rajib; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Publication date: 2011
Increasing the availability of postabortion care services (PDF)
Population Briefs 17(3)
Publication date: 2011
Introduction of medical abortion in Ghana (PDF)
Osei Kuffour,Emmanuel; Esantsi,Selina; Tapsoba,Placide; Quansah-Asare,Gloria; Askew,Ian
Publication date: 2011
Managing unplanned pregnancies in five countries: Perspectives on contraception and abortion decisions (abstract) (HTML)
Tsui,Amy Ong; Casterline,John B.; Singh,Susheela; Bankole,Akinrinola; Moore,Ann M.; Omideyi,Adekunbi; Palomino Ramirez,Nancy; Sathar,Zeba A.; Juarez,Fatima; Shellenberg,Kristen M.
Global Public Health 6(suppl. 1): S21-S24
Publication date: 2011
Mifepristone in combination with prostaglandins for termination of 10-16 weeks' gestation: A systematic review (abstract) (HTML)
Chen,Qiu-ju; Hou,Shu-ping; Meads,Catherine; Huang,Yong-mei; Hong,Qing-qing; Zhu,Hao-ping; Cheng,Li-nan
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 159(2): 247-254
Publication date: 2011
Postabortion care: Going to scale (HTML)
RamaRao,Saumya; Townsend,John W.; Diop,Nafissatou J.; Raifman,Sarah
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 37(1): 40-44
Publication date: 2011
Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study (abstract) (HTML)
Shellenberg,Kristen M.; Moore,Ann M.; Bankole,Akinrinola; Juarez,Fatima; Omideyi,Adekunbi; Palomino Ramirez,Nancy; Sathar,Zeba A.; Singh,Susheela; Tsui,Amy Ong
Global Public Health 6(suppl. 1): S111-S125
Publication date: 2011
Sociodemographic factors associated with obstacles to abortion care: Findings from a survey of abortion patients in Mexico City (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Becker,Davida; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Juarez,Clara; Garcia,Sandra G.; Sanhueza Smith,Patricio; Harper,Cynthia C.
Women's Health Issues 21(3S): S16-S20
Publication date: 2011
Termination of second-trimester pregnancy by mifepristone combined with misoprostol versus intra-amniotic injection of ethacridine lactate (Rivanol®): A systematic review of Chinese trials (abstract) (HTML)
Hou,Shu-ping; Fang,Ai-hua; Chen,Qin-fang; Huang,Yong-mei; Chen,Qiu-ju; Cheng,Li-nan
Contraception 84(3): 214-223
Publication date: 2011
The abortion debate in Mexico: Newspaper coverage and discourse, 2001-2003 (abstract) (PDF)
Vala-Haynes,Emily; Stephenson,Rob; Rochat,Roger; Yam,Eileen A.; Rosas,Lisa G.; Garcia,Sandra G.
Society, Biology and Human Affairs Advanced e-publication
Publication date: 2011
Abortion and women's roles in society: Opinions from Tlaxcala, Mexico (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Palermo,Tia; Wilson,Kate S.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia
Salud Pública de México 52(1): 54-62
Publication date: 2010
Abortion experiences of unmarried young women in India: Evidence from a facility-based study in Bihar and Jharkhand (abstract) (HTML)
Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kumar,Rajesh
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 36(2): 62-71
Publication date: 2010
Assessing abortion-related experiences and needs in four districts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan, 2006 (PDF)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Publication date: 2010
Community mobilization for postabortion care in Kenya: Baseline evaluation report (PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; RamaRao,Saumya
The RESPOND Project Study Series: Contributions to Global Knowledge, Report (no. 2)
Publication date: 2010
Experience seeking abortion among unmarried young women in Bihar and Jharkhand, India: Delays and disadvantages (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh; Jha,Nita
Reproductive Health Matters 18(35): 163-174
Publication date: 2010
Abortions in Mexico increased by a third in 16 years (PDF)
Population Briefs 15(1)
Publication date: 2009
Capacity building to enhance postpartum/postabortion use of contraception in Egypt (PDF)
Presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, September
Afifi,Ahmed; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Publication date: 2009
"In brief: Facts on induced abortion in Mexico," fact sheet (PDF)
Population Council; El Colegio de México; Guttmacher Institute
Publication date: 2008
"Tomar tus Pastillas," fact sheet with instructions on how to use misoprostol
Publication date: 2008
"Uso de Misoprostol en ginecologia y Obstetricia," pocket card with doses of misoprostol
Publication date: 2008
Assessing Integration Methodology (AIM): A handbook for measuring and assessing the integration of family planning and other reproductive health services (PDF) (HTML)
Rivero-Fuentes,M.Estela; RamaRao,Saumya; Estrada,Ricardo; Warren,Charlotte; Mullick,Saiqa; Askew,Ian; Birungi,Harriet; Townsend,John W.; Medina,Susana
Publication date: 2008
Assessment of progress of the Postabortion Care Initiative in Francophone Africa (PDF)
Dieng,Thierno; Diadhiou,Mohamed; Diop,Nafissatou J.; Niang Faye,Youmane
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Clinical guidelines for integrating family planning into postpartum and postabortion care
El-Fikky,Alaa; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Afifi,Ahmed
Publication date: 2008
Estimates of induced abortion in Mexico: What's changed between 1990 and 2006? (abstract) (PDF)
Juarez,Fatima; Singh,Susheela; Garcia,Sandra G.; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia
International Family Planning Perspectives 34(4): 158-168
Publication date: 2008
Family planning and comprehensive abortion care handbook for medical students and house officers (PDF)
Population Council
Publication date: 2008
Methods for estimating abortion incidence and abortion-related morbidity: A review
Wilson,Katherine; Garcia,Sandra G.; Lara,Diana K.
A publication of papers presented at the IUSSP Seminar on the Measurement of Abortion Incidence, Abortion-Related Morbidity and Mortality, 7-9 November 2007, Paris, France
Publication date: 2008
Profile of abortion seekers in Ghana and their decision-making processes (PDF)
Nyarko,Philomena; Adohinzin,Cletus; RamaRao,Saumya; Tapsoba,Placide; Ajayi,Ayorinde
Publication date: 2008
Simplifying medical abortion: Home administration of Misoprostol (abstract) (PDF)
Mundle,Shuchita; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Elul,Batya; Ugahade,S.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 58(5): 410-416
Publication date: 2008
Using operations research to enhance delivery of postpartum/postabortion family planning services in the Arab region (PDF)
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and cost of introducing postabortion care in health centres and dispensaries in rural Tanzania (PDF)
Wanjiru,Monica; Askew,Ian; Mungiita,Nzoya; RamaRao,Saumya; Homan,Rick; Kahando,Reheme; Pile,John M.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2007
Assessment of the extension of postabortion care services in Senegal
RamaRao,Saumya; Ottolenghi,Emma; Niang Faye,Youmane; Diop,Nafissatou J.; Dieng,Thierno
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2007
Avances en la atención postaborto en América Latina y el Caribe: Investigando, aplicando y expandiendo [Progress of postabortion care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Researching, applying, and expanding] (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2007
Council works to reduce unsafe abortion in Mexico (PDF)
Population Briefs 13(3)
Publication date: 2007
Estimating the incidence of abortion in Pakistan (abstract) (HTML)
Sathar,Zeba A.; Singh,Susheela; Fikree,Fariyal F.
Studies in Family Planning 38(1): 11-22
Publication date: 2007
Evaluation de l'Extension des services de soins apres avortement au Senegal
RamaRao,Saumya; Ottolenghi,Emma; Diop,Nafissatou J.; Niang Faye,Youmane; Diouf,Fatou Nar; Faye,Ousseynou; Dieng,Thierno
Publication date: 2007
Exploring the choices of contraception and abortion among married couples in Tret, rural Punjab, Pakistan (PDF)
Arif,Muhammad Shafique; Kamran,Iram
Publication date: 2007
Family planning services for postabortion patients should be supported by community awareness activities
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Region OR Summary (no. 20)
Publication date: 2007
Increasing access to safe abortion services in rural India: Experiences with medical abortion in a primary health center (abstract) (HTML)
Mundle,Shuchita; Elul,Batya; Anand,Abhijeet; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Ughade,Suresh
Contraception 76(1): 66-70
Publication date: 2007
Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Testing the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of two models of integration (PDF)
Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Bratt,John H.; van der Velden,Ton; Abou-Gabal,Mohamed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2007
Opinions of decision-makers on the liberalization of abortion laws in Mexico (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
van Dijk,Marieke G.; Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.
Salud Pública de México 49(6): 394-400
Publication date: 2007
Postabortion patients in Egypt need more verbal anesthesia to relieve their pain
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Region OR Summary (no. 23)
Publication date: 2007
Survey of unsafe abortion in selected health facilities in Ethiopia (abstract) (PDF)
Mekbib,Tekle-Ab; Hiwot,Yirgu G.; Fantahun,Misganaw
Ethiopian Journal of Reproductive Health 1(1): 28-43
Publication date: 2007
The costs of unsafe abortion in Mexico City: Research evidence to promote liberalization of abortion laws
Research Brief / Mexico, (April)
Publication date: 2007
The resolution of unintended pregnancy among female students at the University of Ghana, Legon (PDF)
El-Adas,Angela
Publication date: 2007
The state of postabortion care worldwide with an eye to the future (PDF)
PAC in Action (no. 11, May)
Publication date: 2007
Abortion opinion research in Latin America and the Caribbean: A review of the literature (abstract) (HTML)
Yam,Eileen A.; Dries-Daffner,Ingrid; Garcia,Sandra G.
Studies in Family Planning 37(4): 225-240
Publication date: 2006
Challenges accessing legal abortion after rape in Mexico City (abstract)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Ortiz,Olivia; Yam,Eileen A.
Gaceta Médica de México 142(S2): 85-89
Publication date: 2006
Legal abortion in Peru: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among a group of physician leaders (abstract)
Pace,Lydia; Grossman,Daniel; Chavez,Susana; Tvara,Luis; Lara,Diana K.; Guerrero Vasquez,Rossina
Gaceta Médica de México 142(3): 83-86
Publication date: 2006
Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Is it feasible to offer family planning counseling on the ward?
Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; van der Velden,Ton; Gabal,Mohamed Abu
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 10)
Publication date: 2006
Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Testing two models of integration (PDF)
PAC in Action 10: 8, November-
Publication date: 2006
Mifepristone medical abortion in Albania: Results from a pilot clinical research study (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Bracken,Hillary J.; Gliozheni,Orion; Kati,Kreston; Manoku,Nikita; Moisiu,Rubena; Shannon,Caitlin S.; Tare,Vjollca; Tasha,Ilir; Winikoff,Beverly
European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 11(1): 38-46
Publication date: 2006
Pharmacy provision of medical abortifacients in a Latin American city (abstract) (HTML)
Lara,Diana K.; Abuabara,Katrina; Grossman,Daniel; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia
Contraception 74(5): 394-399
Publication date: 2006
Providing medication abortion information to diverse communities: Use patterns of a multilingual web site (abstract) (HTML)
Foster,Angel M.; Wynn,Lisa; Rouhana,Aida; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Schaffer,Kate; Trussell,James
Contraception 74(3): 264-271
Publication date: 2006
The measure of induced abortion levels in Mexico using random response technique (abstract) (HTML)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Ellertson,Charlotte; Camlin,Carol; Suarez,Javier
Sociological Methods and Research 35(2): 279-301
Publication date: 2006
Young Mexicans' hopes and fears about abortion and abortion law: A qualitative study in two cities (abstract)
Tatum,Carrie; Garcia,Sandra G.; Yam,Eileen A.; Becker,Davida
Gaceta Médica de México 142(S2): 95-102
Publication date: 2006
"Relatoría: II reunión de investigación sobre embarazo no deseado y aborto inseguro-Desafíos de salud pública en América Latina y el Caribe" [Meeting report: Second research meeting on unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion-Public health challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean] (PDF)
Report of a meeting at El Colegio de México, Mexico City, 17-19 August 2005
Publication date: 2005
A randomized trial of misoprostol compared with manual vacuum aspiration for incomplete abortion (abstract) (HTML)
Weeks,Andrew; Alia,Godfrey; Blum,Jennifer; Winikoff,Beverly; Ekwaru,Paul; Durocher,Jill M.; Mirembe,Florence
Obstetrics and Gynecology 106(3): 540-547
Publication date: 2005
Knowledge and attitudes about abortion legislation and abortion methods among abortion clients in Latvia (abstract) (HTML)
Melgalve,I.; Lazdane,G.; Trapenciere,I.; Shannon,Caitlin S.; Bracken,Hillary J.; Winikoff,Beverly
European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 10(3): 143-150
Publication date: 2005
Operations research to improve postabortion (PAC) services in three public hospitals, Bolivia (PDF)
Gonzales Salguero,Fernando; Loayza,Mariel
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Postabortion complications prevalent in Pakistan (PDF)
Population Briefs 11(2)
Publication date: 2005
Postabortion family planning benefits clients and providers (PDF)
Foreit,James R.
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 4)
Publication date: 2005
The demographic dividend
Wongoboonsin,Kua; Guest,Philip
from The Demographic Dividend: Policy Options for Asia, pp. 1-18
Publication date: 2005
Youth-friendly PAC: Meeting the needs of young PAC clients (PDF)
PAC in Action (no. 8)
Publication date: 2005
Developing a supervision instrument for postabortion care in Guatemala, Bolivia and Mexico (PDF)
Brambila,Carlos
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Dissemination of research results through the regional postabortion care (PAC) initiative for francophone Africa
Bagde,Edmond; Tapsoba,Placide
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Formal and informal abortion services in Rajasthan, India: Results of a situation analysis (PDF)
Barge,Sandhya; Bracken,Hillary J.; Elul,Batya; Kumar,Nayan; Khan,Wajahat U.; Verma,Shalini; Camlin,Carol
Publication date: 2004
Induced abortion
Santhya,K.G.; Verma,Shalini; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.
from Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Profile of Sexual and Reproductive Health in India, pp. 88-104
Publication date: 2004
Infection after medical abortion: A review of the literature (abstract) (HTML)
Shannon,Caitlin S.; Brothers,L.Perry; Philip,Neena; Winikoff,Beverly
Contraception 70(3): 183-190
Publication date: 2004
Is home-based administration of prostaglandin safe and feasible for medical abortion? Results from a multisite study in Vietnam (abstract) (PDF)
Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc; Vu,Quy Nhan; Blum,Jennifer; Tran Thi Phuong Mai; Durocher,Jill M.; Winikoff,Beverly
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyBJOG: An Internal Journal of Obs Gyn 111(8): 814-819
Publication date: 2004
Lessons from introducing postabortion care in Egypt (PDF)
Population Briefs 10(3)
Publication date: 2004
Lessons from introducing postabortion care in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 10(3)
Publication date: 2004
Measuring induced abortion in Mexico: A comparison of four methodologies (abstract) (HTML)
Lara,Diana K.; Strickler,Jennifer; Diaz-Olavarrieta,Claudia; Ellertson,Charlotte
Sociological Methods and Research 32(4): 529-558
Publication date: 2004
'Medical' and 'surgical' abortion: Rethinking the modifiers (HTML)
Weitz,Tracy A.; Foster,Angel M.; Ellertson,Charlotte; Grossman,Daniel; Stewart,Felicia H.
Contraception 69(1): 77-78
Publication date: 2004
Misoprostol: An emerging technology for women's health--Report of a seminar (PDF)
Publication date: 2004
Opiniones y respuestas: Resultados de una encuesta de opinión a médicos mexicanos sobre el aborto [Options and answers: Results of a survey of Mexico doctors about abortion] (PDF)
Lara,Diana K.; Goldman,Lisa; Firestone,Michelle
Publication date: 2004
Peru: Leadership facilitates sustainability of postabortion care services (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 42)
Publication date: 2004
Policy implications of a national public opinion survey on abortion in Mexico (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Garcia,Sandra G.; Tatum,Carrie; Becker,Davida; Swanson,Karen A.; Lockwood,Karin; Ellertson,Charlotte
Reproductive Health Matters 12(S24): 65-74
Publication date: 2004
Routine follow-up visits after first-trimester induced abortion (abstract) (HTML)
Grossman,Daniel; Ellertson,Charlotte; Grimes,David A.; Walker,Dilys
Obstetrics and Gynecology 103(4): 738-745
Publication date: 2004
Russia: Postabortion family planning counseling and services lead to increased contraceptive use (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 44)
Publication date: 2004
Senegal: Expand access to safe postabortion care services in rural areas (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 43)
Publication date: 2004
The medical abortion experiences of married and unmarried women in Tunis, Tunisia (abstract) (HTML)
Blum,Jennifer; Hajri,Selma; Chelli,Hela; Ben Mansour,Farouk; Gueddana,Nabiha; Winikoff,Beverly
Contraception 69(1): 63-69
Publication date: 2004
Understanding induced abortion: Findings from a programme of research in Rajasthan, India (PDF)
research brief
Publication date: 2004
Understanding induced abortion: Findings from a programme of research in Rajasthan, India [Arabic] (PDF)
research brief
Publication date: 2004
Unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Rajasthan, India: A qualitative exploration (PDF)
Elul,Batya; Bracken,Hillary J.; Verma,Shalini; Ved,Rajani; Singhi,Rajesh; Lockwood,Karin
Publication date: 2004
Unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion: Data from men and women in Rajasthan, India (PDF)
Elul,Batya; Barge,Sandhya; Verma,Shalini; Kumar,Nayan; Bracken,Hillary J.; Sadhwani,Hemlata
Publication date: 2004
Unwanted Pregnancy and Post-Abortion Complications in Pakistan: Findings from a National Study (PDF)
Publication date: 2004
Abortion and post-abortion complications in Pakistan: Report from health care professionals and health facilities
Rashida,Gul; Shah,Zakir Hussain; Fikree,Fariyal F.; Faizunnissa,Azeema; Mueenuddin,Lauren I.
Unwanted Pregnancy and Post-abortion Complications in Pakistan Research Report (no. 20)
Publication date: 2003
Abortion in Mexico
Lara,Diana K.; Klein,Libby; Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida
Publication date: 2003
Abortion law in South Africa: Passage of a progressive law and challenges for implementation (abstract) (PDF)
Blanchard,Kelly; Fonn,Sharon; Xaba,Mankhosasana
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S109-S114
Publication date: 2003
Aborto inseguro en América Latina y el Caribe: Definición del problema y su prevención [Unsafe abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean: Definition of the problem and its prevention] (abstract) (PDF)
Espinoza,Henry; Lopez-Carrillo,Lizbeth
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S9-S15
Publication date: 2003
Aborto médico: Alternativas terapéuticas actuales [Medical abortion: Current therapeutic alternatives] (abstract) (PDF)
Schiavon,Raffaela
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S55-S63
Publication date: 2003
Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los médicos mexicanos sobre el aborto: Resultados de una encuesta nacional [Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Mexican physicians concerning abortion: Results of a national survey] (abstract) (PDF)
Garcia,Sandra G.; Lara,Diana K.; Goldman,Lisa
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): 91-102
Publication date: 2003
Dealing with unwanted pregnancies: Insights from interviews with women
Casterline,John B.; Arif,Muhammad Shafique
Unwanted Pregnancy and Post-abortion Complications in Pakistan Research Report (no. 19)
Publication date: 2003
El aborto en México
Lara,Diana K.; Klein,Libby; Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida
Publication date: 2003
El acceso al aborto legal de las mujeres embarazadas por violación en la ciudad de México [Access to legal abortion for women who become pregnant as a result of rape in Mexico City] (abstract) (PDF)
Lara,Diana K.; Garcia,Sandra G.; Strickler,Jennifer; Martinez,Hugo; Villanueva,Luis
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S77-S90
Publication date: 2003
Embarazo no deseado y el aborto inseguro: Su impacto sobre la salud en México [Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion: Its impact on health in Mexico] (HTML)
Langer,Ana
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S3-S7
Publication date: 2003
Experiencia salvadoreña con la interrupción farmacológica del embarazo ectópico [The El Salvadoran experience with medical treatment of ectopic pregnancy] (abstract) (PDF)
Hernandez,Emilia; Espinoza,Henry
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S73-S76
Publication date: 2003
Improving the quality of post-abortion care services in townships in Myanmar
Department of Health,Union of Myanmar; Population Council
Publication date: 2003
Integration of post-abortion care: The role of township medical officers and midwives in Myanmar (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Htay,Thein Thein; Sauvarin,Josephine; Khan,Saba
Reproductive Health Matters 11(21): 27-36
Publication date: 2003
Legal but not always safe: Three decades of liberal abortion policy in India (abstract) (PDF)
Ganatra,Bela; Elul,Batya
Gaceta Médica de México 139(suppl 1): S102-S108
Publication date: 2003
Menstrual regulation in Bangladesh
Amin,Sajeda; Basu,Alaka Malwade
from The Sociocultural and Political Aspects of Abortion: Global Perspectives, pp. 153-166
Publication date: 2003
Misoprostol and teratogenicity: Reviewing the evidence. Report of a meeting (PDF)
Philip,Neena; Shannon,Caitlin S.; Winikoff,Beverly
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 2003
Moving from research to program: The Egyptian postabortion care initiative (PDF)
Huntington,Dale; Nawar,Laila
International Family Planning Perspectives 29(3): 121-125
Publication date: 2003
Muertes maternas por aborto y por violencia en México: narración de una experiencia en la formulación de una metodología de investigación (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Espinoza,Henry; Hernandez,Bernardo; Campero,Lourdes; Walker,Dilys; Reynoso,Sofía; Langer,Ana
Perinatologia y Reproduccion Humana 17(4)
Publication date: 2003
Postabortion family planning operations research study in Perm, Russia (PDF)
Savelieva,Irina; Pile,John M.; Sacci,Inna; Loganathan,Ratha
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Taking postabortion care services where they are needed: An operations research project testing PAC expansion in rural Senegal (PDF)
EngenderHealth
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Testing a model for the delivery of emergency obstetric care and family planning services in the Bolivian public health system (PDF)
Billings,Deborah L.; Del Pozo,Eliana; Arevalo,Hugo
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Could American women use mifepristone-misoprostol pills safely with less medical supervision? (abstract) (HTML)
Harper,Cynthia C.; Ellertson,Charlotte; Winikoff,Beverly
Contraception 65(2): 133-142
Publication date: 2002
Dynamics of menstrual regulation practices in Bangladesh
Rob,Ubaidur; Islam,M.Mazharul; Chakroborty,Nitai
Publication date: 2002
Embarazo no deseado y aborto inseguro: Dos problemas de salud persistentes en América Latina [Unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion: Two persistent health problems in Latin America] (PDF)
Espinoza,Henry
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 11(3): 148-149
Publication date: 2002
Emergency contraception operations research project Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya: Final report
Muia,Esther G.; Fikree,Fariyal F.; Olenja,Joyce; Macharia,Lucy; Jagwer,Gregory
Publication date: 2002
Gender perspectives on induced abortion: Knowledge and attitude. A community-based study in Karachi, Pakistan
Fikree,Fariyal F.; Saleem,Sarah; Sami,Neelofar
Aga Khan University Project Report
Publication date: 2002
Improving postabortion care in a public hospital in Mexico
Langer,Ana; Heimburger,Angela; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Winikoff,Beverly; Haberland,Nicole; Measham,Diana
from Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, pp. 236-256
Publication date: 2002
Increasing access to and quality of termination of pregnancy services: New interventions
Publication date: 2002
Knowledge and attitudes about the differences between emergency contraception and medical abortion among middle-class women and men of reproductive age in Mexico City (abstract) (HTML)
Gould,Heather; Ellertson,Charlotte; Corona,Georgina
Contraception 66(6): 417-426
Publication date: 2002
Knowledge and opinions about abortion law among Mexican youth (abstract) (PDF)
Becker,Davida; Garcia,Sandra G.; Larsen,Ulla
International Family Planning Perspectives 28(4): 205-213
Publication date: 2002
Medical abortion in China: Results of a fact-finding mission
Zhou,Rosa; Elul,Batya; Winikoff,Beverly
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 2002
Medicamentos para la interrupción de la gestación: Una revisión de la literatura y sus posibles implicaciones para México y América Latina [Medical methods for pregnancy termination: A review of literature and its potential role in Mexico and Latin America] (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Espinoza,Henry; Ellertson,Charlotte; Garcia,Sandra G.; Schiavon,Raffaela; Langer,Ana
Gaceta Médica de México 138(4): 347-356
Publication date: 2002
Mifepristone-misoprostol abortion: A trial in rural and urban Maharashtra, India (abstract) (HTML)
Coyaji,Kurus; Elul,Batya; Krishna,Usha; Otiv,Suhas; Ambardekar,Shubha; Bopardikar,Arti; Raote,Veena; Ellertson,Charlotte; Winikoff,Beverly
Contraception 66(1): 33-40
Publication date: 2002
Misoprostol for women's health: A review (abstract) (HTML)
Blanchard,Kelly; Clark,Shelley; Winikoff,Beverly; Gaines,Gayle; Kabani,Ghazala; Shannon,Caitlin S.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 99(2): 316-332
Publication date: 2002
Misoprostol use in obstetrics and gynecology in Brazil, Jamaica, and the United States (abstract) (HTML)
Clark,Shelley; Blum,Jennifer; Blanchard,Kelly; Galvao,Loren; Fletcher,Horace; Winikoff,Beverly
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 76(1): 65-74
Publication date: 2002
Recovery from abortion and miscarriage in Egypt: Does counseling husbands help?
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila; Haberland,Nicole; Measham,Diana
from Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, pp. 186-204
Publication date: 2002
Sustainability of postabortion care in Peru (PDF)
Benson,Janie; Huapaya,Victor
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2002
¿Qué piensan y opinan y los mexicanos sobre el aborto? Resultados de una encuesta nacional de opinión pública [What are the knowledge and opinions of Mexican men and women regarding abortion? Findings from a national survey]
Garcia,Sandra G.; Becker,Davida
Publication date: 2001
Abortion in Egypt: Official constraints and popular practices
Huntington,Dale; Obermeyer,Carla Makhlouf
from Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health, pp. 175-192
Publication date: 2001
Burkina Faso: L'amélioration des soins après avortement est bénéfique aux patients et aux prestataires (PDF)
Résumés de Recherche Opérationnelle 3
Publication date: 2001
Can women in less-developed countries use a simplified medical abortion regimen? (abstract) (HTML)
Elul,Batya; Hajri,Selma; Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc; Ellertson,Charlotte; Slama,Claude Ben; Pearlman,Elizabeth; Winikoff,Beverly
Lancet 357(9266): 1402-1405
Publication date: 2001
Cómo satisfacer las necesidades de salud de la mujer después de un aborto (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
FRONTERAS Documento de Programas (número 1)
Publication date: 2001
Egipto: Expansión del acceso a la atención postaborto (PDF)
FRONTERAS Resúmenes de Investigación Operativa (número 8)
Publication date: 2001
Expanding improved postabortion care in Egypt
Youssef,Hala; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Nawar,Laila
Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology 27(4-6): 237-251
Publication date: 2001
Expansion of postpartum/postabortion contraception in Honduras (PDF)
Medina,Ruth; Vernon,Ricardo; Mendoza,Irma; Aguilar,Claudia
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2001
First trimester surgical abortion practices: A survey of National Abortion Federation members (abstract) (HTML)
Lichtenberg,E.Steve; Paul,Maureen; Jones,Heidi E.
Contraception 64(6): 345-352
Publication date: 2001
From Patna to Paris: Providing safe and humane abortion (PDF)
Barroso,Carmen; Brady,Martha; Elul,Batya; Clark,Shelley; Vishwanath,Sneh; Rabindranathan,Sunanda
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 11)
Publication date: 2001
Honduras: Posparto y post-aborto, momentos para hablar de planificación familiar [Honduras: Postpartum and postabortion, women want to talk about family planning] (PDF)
FRONTERAS Resumen de Investigación Operative (número 17)
Publication date: 2001
Honduras: Postpartum and postabortion patients want family planning (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 25)
Publication date: 2001
Hospitales de América Latina mejoran la atención post-aborto (PDF)
Population Briefs, December 2001 (Spanish edition)
Publication date: 2001
Induced abortions in low socio-economic settlements of Karachi, Pakistan: Rates and women's perspectives (PDF) (HTML)
Saleh,Saleh I.; Fikree,Fariyal F.
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 51(8): 275-279
Publication date: 2001
Mifepristone abortion outside the urban research hospital setting in India (abstract) (HTML)
Coyaji,Kurus; Elul,Batya; Krishna,Usha; Otiv,Suhas; Ambardekar,Shubha; Bopardikar,Arti; Raote,Veena; Ellertson,Charlotte; Winikoff,Beverly
Lancet 357(9250): 120-121
Publication date: 2001
Satisfacer las necesidades de salud de las mujeres mediante servicios postaborto (PDF)
Síntesis de Programas Núm. 1
Publication date: 2001
Satisfaire les besoins de santé des femmes aprés avortement (PDF)
FRONTIERES Synthèse d'un programme (n°1)
Publication date: 2001
Satisfaire les besoins sanitaires des femmes en matière de soins après avortement (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
Résumé (no. 1)
Publication date: 2001
Satisfaire les besoins sanitaires des femmes en matière de soins après avortement (PDF)
Synthèse d'un programme (no. 1)
Publication date: 2001
The mifepristone-misoprostol regimen for early medical abortion (abstract)
Ellertson,Charlotte; Waldman,Sandra N.
Current Women's Health Reports 1(3): 184-190
Publication date: 2001
Burkina Faso: Mejorar la atención postaborto beneficia a pacientes y proveedores (PDF)
FRONTERAS Resúmenes de Investigación Operativa (número 2)
Publication date: 2000
Burkina Faso: Upgrading postabortion care benefits patients and providers (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 3)
Publication date: 2000
Computer Based Tools to Improve Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Reproductive Health Programs [French Language Version]
Publication date: 2000
Cross-national review of induced abortion and maternal mortality
Nguyen Thi Hong Ha; Do,Quan Ha; Mai,Do Phuong
Publication date: 2000
Current situation of abortion in India
Pachauri,Saroj; Chatterjee,Alokendu; Chakravarty,Sudip; Mukherjee,Partha
from Women's Health, pp. B230-B240
Publication date: 2000
Egypt: Expand access to postabortion care (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 12)
Publication date: 2000
Egypte: Développer l'accès aux soins après avortement (PDF)
FRONTIERES Résumés de Recherche Opérationnelle (no. 12)
Publication date: 2000
Meet women's health needs with postabortion care (PDF)
Program Brief Summary (no. 1)
Publication date: 2000
Meeting women's health care needs after abortion (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2000
Nuevas herramientas que facilitan la evaluación de los servicios de Salud Reproductiva
Publication date: 2000
Rights, technology, and services in reproductive health. A report from a meeting, 6-7 May 1999 (PDF)
Carter,Marion; McGrory,C.Elizabeth
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 2000
Senegal: Capacite a más proveedores en atención postaborto (PDF)
FRONTERAS Resúmenes de Investigación Operativa (número 3)
Publication date: 2000
Sénégal: Former un plus grand nombre de prestataires en soins après avortement (PDF)
FRONTIERES Résumés de Recherche Opérationnelle (no. 4)
Publication date: 2000
Senegal: Train more providers in postabortion care (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 4)
Publication date: 2000
The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion (PDF)
Bongaarts,John; Westoff,Charles F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 134)
Publication date: 2000
The potential role of contraception in reducing abortion (abstract) (PDF)
Bongaarts,John; Westoff,Charles F.
Studies in Family Planning 31(3): 193-202
Publication date: 2000
Abortion in India: Current situation and future challenges
Khan,M.E.; Barge,Sandhya; Kumar,Nayan; Almroth,Stina; Pachauri,Saroj
from Implementing a Reproductive Health Agenda in India: The Beginning, pp. 507-529
Publication date: 1999
Cost analysis of postabortion services in Egypt
Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Fattah,Mohammed Naguib Abdel; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 125-140
Publication date: 1999
Creating linkages between incomplete abortion treatment and family planning services in Kenya
Solo,Julie; Billings,Deborah L.; Aloo-Obunga,Colette; Ominde,Achola; Makumi,Margaret; Huntington,Dale; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 38-60
Publication date: 1999
Creating linkages between incomplete abortion treatment and family planning services in Kenya (abstract) (PDF)
Solo,Julie; Billings,Deborah L.; Aloo-Obunga,Colette; Ominde,Achola; Makumi,Margaret
Studies in Family Planning 30(1): 17-27
Publication date: 1999
Effects of husband involvement on postabortion patients' recovery and use of contraception in Egypt (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 16-37
Publication date: 1999
Estimating costs of postabortion services at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso General Hospital, Oaxaca, Mexico
Brambila,Carlos; Langer,Ana; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Heimburger,Angela; Huntington,Dale; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 108-124
Publication date: 1999
Estimating costs of post-abortion services. General Hospital Aurelia Valdivieso, Oaxaca, Mexico (PDF)
INOPAL III Final Report
Publication date: 1999
Estimating the efficacy of medical abortion (abstract) (HTML)
Trussell,James; Ellertson,Charlotte
Contraception 60(3): 119-135
Publication date: 1999
Improving postabortion care with limited resources in a public hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico
Langer,Ana; Garcia-Barrios,Cecilia; Heimburger,Angela; Campero,Lourdes; Stein,Karen; Winikoff,Beverly; Barahona,Vilma; Huntington,Dale; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 80-107
Publication date: 1999
Improving the quality of services and contraceptive acceptance in the postabortion period in three public-sector hospitals in Bolivia (PDF)
Diaz,Juan; Loayza,Mariel; Torres de Yepez,Yamile; Lora,Oscar; Alvarez,Fernando; Camacho,Virginia; Huntington,Dale; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 61-79
Publication date: 1999
Mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion: Home administration of misoprostol in Guadeloupe (abstract) (HTML)
Guengant,Jean-Pierre; Bangou,Jacques; Elul,Batya; Ellertson,Charlotte
Contraception 60(3): 167-172
Publication date: 1999
Misoprostol used alone for the termination of early pregnancy: A review of the evidence (abstract) (HTML)
Blanchard,Kelly; Winikoff,Beverly; Ellertson,Charlotte
Contraception 59(4): 209-217
Publication date: 1999
Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research (PDF)
Publication date: 1999
Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research [Spanish]
Publication date: 1999
Procedure selection
Ellertson,Charlotte; Westhoff,Carolyn; Paul,Maureen; Lichtenberg,E.Steve; Borgatta,Lynn; Grimes,David A.; Stubblefield,Phillip G.
from A Clinician's Guide to Medical and Surgical Abortion, pp. 63-69
Publication date: 1999
Providing mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion: The view from the clinic (abstract)
Ellertson,Charlotte; Simonds,Wendy; Winikoff,Beverly; Springer,Kimberly; Bagchi,Debjani
Journal of the American Medical Women's Association 54(2): 91-96
Publication date: 1999
Review of Eileen L. McDonagh, Breaking the abortion deadlock: From choice to consent (HTML)
Ellertson,Charlotte
Studies in Family Planning 30(3): 260-262
Publication date: 1999
Safety, efficacy and acceptability of mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion in Vietnam (abstract) (PDF)
Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc; Winikoff,Beverly; Clark,Shelley; Ellertson,Charlotte; Khong Ngoc Am; Do Trong Hieu; Elul,Batya
International Family Planning Perspectives 25(1): 10-14,33
Publication date: 1999
Side effects of mifepristone-misoprostol abortion versus surgical abortion: Data from a trial in China, Cuba, and India (abstract) (HTML)
Elul,Batya; Ellertson,Charlotte; Winikoff,Beverly
Contraception 59(2): 107-114
Publication date: 1999
Abortion: Expanding access and improving quality. Report of a meeting
Stein,Karen; Winikoff,Beverly; Kallianes,Virginia
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1998
Acceptability and feasibility of early pregnancy termination by mifepristone-misoprostol (abstract) (PDF)
Winikoff,Beverly; Ellertson,Charlotte; Elul,Batya; Sivin,Irving
Archives of Family Medicine 7(4): 360-366
Publication date: 1998
Advances and Challenges in Postabortion Care Operations Research: Summary Report of a Global Meeting (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
Publication date: 1998
Blood loss with mifepristone-misoprostol abortion: Measures from a trial in China, Cuba, and India (abstract) (HTML)
Harper,Cynthia C.; Winikoff,Beverly; Ellertson,Charlotte; Coyaji,Kurus
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 63(1): 39-49
Publication date: 1998
Counseling the husbands of postabortion patients in Egypt: Effects on husband involvement, patient recovery and contraceptive use [Arabic] (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila
Publication date: 1998
Medical methods of early abortion in developing countries: Consensus Statement (abstract) (HTML)
Population Council
Contraception 58(5): 257-259
Publication date: 1998
Menstrual regulation impact on reproductive health in Bangladesh -- A literature review
Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
South & East Asia Regional Working Paper (no. 14)
Publication date: 1998
Mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion: Who will use it and why? (HTML)
Blinder,Victoria; Elul,Batya; Winikoff,Beverly
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 179(5): 1376-1376
Publication date: 1998
Perfil sociodemográfico del aborto inducido [Sociodemographic profile of induced abortion] (abstract) (PDF)
Cabezas-Garcia,Evelio; Langer,Ana; Alvarez,Luisa; Bustamante,Roger Patricia
Salud Pública de México 40(3): 265-271
Publication date: 1998
Proceedings on emergency contraception workshop
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail
Publication date: 1998
Recherches opérationnelles sur les soins post-abortum: Progrès et défis. Compte rendu d'une réunion mondiale. (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
Publication date: 1998
The postabortion caseload in Egyptian hospitals: A descriptive study (abstract) (PDF)
Huntington,Dale; Nawar,Laila; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
International Family Planning Perspectives 24(1): 25-31
Publication date: 1998
Improving the counseling and medical care of postabortion patients in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summaries
Publication date: 1997
Postabortion case load study in Egyptian public sector hospitals [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summaries
Publication date: 1997
Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals (PDF)
Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Asia and Near East OR/TA Project Final Report
Publication date: 1997
Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summary
Publication date: 1997
Detecting induced abortions from reports of pregnancy terminations in DHS calendar data (abstract)
Magnani,Robert; McCann,H.Gilman; Rutenberg,Naomi
Studies in Family Planning 27(1): 36-43
Publication date: 1996
Unsafe Abortion in Kenya. Findings from Eight Studies
Rogo,Khama; Leonard,Ann
Publication date: 1996
Women's experiences of unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Nigeria (PDF)
Okonofua,Friday E.; Odimegwu,Clifford; Aina,Bisi; Daru,Patrick H.; Johnson,Agnes
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1996
Doing more with less: The Marie Stopes Clinics in Sierra Leone (PDF)
Toubia,Nahid; Delano,Grace Ebun
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 7)
Publication date: 1995
Improving the medical care and counseling of postabortion patients in Egypt (abstract)
Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Attallah,Nabil; Toubia,Nahid; Fattah,Mohammed Naguib Abdel; Nawar,Laila
Studies in Family Planning 26(6): 350-362
Publication date: 1995
Acceptability of first trimester medical abortion (PDF)
Winikoff,Beverly
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1994
Reproductive health approach to family planning (PDF)
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1994
Prevention of morbidity and mortality from induced and unsafe abortion in Nigeria (PDF)
Okonofua,Friday E.; Ilumoka,Toun
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1991
Methodological issues in abortion research: Proceedings of a Population Council seminar
Coeytaux,Francine; Leonard,Ann; Royston,Erica
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1989
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