Factors Leading to Unsafe Abortions among Females of Reproductive Age at Kangundo District Hospital

Unsafe abortion is the unskilled termination of pregnancy or termination of pregnancy in an environment that does not conform to minimum acceptable hygienic standards or both (WHO, 2011). Worldwide, unsafe abortion remains a serious and continuing public health challenge that accounts for 13 % of global maternal deaths and it is associated with both short and long-term morbidity in women (Khan, 2003). Annually, about 8.5 million women globally suffer from complications of unsafe abortion and three million o