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A qualitative study on health care providers’ experiences of providing comprehensive abortion care in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [PDF]

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Humanitarian settings are characterised by limited access to comprehensive abortion care. At the same time, humanitarian settings can increase the vulnerability of women and girls to unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions.
Maria Persson, Elin C. Larsson, Noor Pappu Islam, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Marie Klingberg-Allvin   +4 more
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Women’s Satisfaction with Comprehensive Abortion Care and Associated Factors in Public Health Facilities of Mojo Town, East Ethiopia [PDF]

Health Services Insights, 2023
Background: Client satisfaction is an important and commonly used indicator for measuring the quality of health care as it affects clinical outcomes, patient retention, and medical malpractice claims.
Tola Oda, Midekso Sento, Atoma Negera
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Trends in Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) and characteristics of women receiving abortion care in a tertiary hospital in Nepal [PDF]

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background One of the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity is unsafe abortion. Globally 55.7million of abortions occurred each year between 2010 and 2014.
Jamuna Tamrakar Sayami
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An assessment of facility readiness for comprehensive abortion care in 12 districts of Pakistan using the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment tool [PDF]

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2023
Although Pakistan’s Essential Package of Health Services was recently updated to include therapeutic and post-abortion care, little is known about current health facility readiness for these services. This study assessed the availability of comprehensive
Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala, Sabeen Afzal, Qudsia Uzma, Atiya Aabroo, Nilmini Hemachandra, Katy Footman, Heidi Bart Johnston, Bela Ganatra, Tahira Ezra Reza, Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Hasan Bin Hamza, Maida Umar, Kauser Hanif, Sayema Awais, Mariyam Sarfraz, Ellen Thom   +15 more
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Women's satisfaction with comprehensive abortion care services and associated factors in central Gondar zone public primary hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2023 [PDF]

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
BackgroundAbortion complications are the leading causes of maternal death in low and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia. Providing quality and comprehensive abortion care services is crucial for improving the health of women and increased their ...
Nebiyu Solomon Tibebu, Melaku Birhanu Alemu, Bayew Kelkay Rade, Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie, Mequanint Melesse Bicha, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret, Getachew Muluye Gedef   +6 more
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Comparative situational analysis of comprehensive abortion care in four Southern African countries

Global Public Health, 2023
We report on a comparative situational analysis of comprehensive abortion care (CAC) in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia. We conducted systematic literature searches and country consultations and used a reparative health justice approach (with ...
Catriona Ida Macleod, Megan Reuvers, John Hunter Reynolds, Antonella Lavelanet, Richard Delate   +4 more
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Evaluation of comprehensive abortion care service in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia: mixed case study design [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Despite Ethiopia’s substantial progress in comprehensive abortion care, the consequences of abortion remain a major public health challenge. This study aimed to assess the implementation status and its determinants of comprehensive abortion care service ...
Birtukan Demis Getaneh, Nigusu Worku, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Tesfahun Zemene Tafere, Melak Jejaw   +4 more
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Direct and opportunity costs of comprehensive abortion care for women living in humanitarian settings in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Providing comprehensive abortion care (CAC), including induced abortion and post-abortion care (PAC) to manage complications, poses a financial challenge, particularly in humanitarian settings. Unsafe abortions and the costs of PAC impose a significant health and economic burden on women and society.
Seyoum T, Abdo AA, Amare NS, Allvin MK, Maffioli EM.   +4 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Description of the methodology for developing and validating the WHO's family planning and comprehensive abortion care competencies for the primary health care workforce.

Sex Reprod Healthc
A qualified health workforce is essential to receiving effective, timely, affordable, equitable and respectful family planning and comprehensive abortion care. However, in many countries, health workers lack the competencies required to deliver quality family planning and comprehensive abortion care services.
Loi UR, Sorhaindo A, Embo M, Kabra R, Kiarie J, Ganatra B.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Adaptations to comprehensive abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic: case studies of provision in Bolivia, Mali, Nepal, and the occupied Palestinian territory [PDF]

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted comprehensive abortion care provision. To maintain access to services while keeping individuals safe from infection, many organisations adapted their programmes.
Annik Mahalia Sorhaindo, Sarah Castle, Lola Flomen, Eva Lathrop, Shirine Mohagheghpour, Rasha Dabash, Francelle Kwankam Toedtli, Rebecca Wilkins, Laurence Läser, Patricia Titulaer, Ernest Nyamato, Mary Lea Dakouo, Ammal Awadallah, Raman Shrestha, Malena Morales, Ulrika Rehnström Loi   +15 more
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