This study examined the knowledge, attitude and practice of private medical practitioners in Calabar on abortion, post-abortion care and post-abortion family planning. Forty eight private practitioners who were proprietors of private clinics in the city were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The results showed that 22.9% of the doctors routinely terminate unwanted pregnancies when requested to do so by women, while 83.3% of them treat women who experience complications of unsafe abortion. The major reasons given by some of the doctors for not terminating unwanted pregnancies were religious, moral and ethical considerations rather than respect for the Nigerian abortion law. Only 18.2% of the doctors use standard procedures such a...
This prospective hospital-based study was carried out to understand the characteristics of abortion ...
Background: Voluntary abortion for social reasons is illegal in Nigeria; however, the practice remai...
In Ethiopia, the maternal mortality ratio is 676/100,000 live births with complications from unsafe ...
This study examined the knowledge, attitude and practice of private medical practitioners in Calaba...
The objective of the study was to review the implementation of Post Abortion Care and effective link...
Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe prevention of abortion related complications and mortality is dependent...
Unsafe abortion continues to impact negatively on women's health in countries with restrictive abort...
Abortion is carried out daily in Nigeria despite the restrictive abortion law. This study was carrie...
These proceedings are from a seminar organized by the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Per...
Unsafe, induced abortion is one of the three major causes of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Importan...
Background: Induced abortion remains one of the gravest problems associated with women’s reproductiv...
Background: The liberalization of abortion laws in Nigeria has been an interesting debate for a long...
Objectives: Abortion is associated with significant healthproblem with short- and long-term complica...
Despite legal restriction, induced abortions and resulting complications are common in Nigeria. Miso...
Background Abortion is restricted in Uganda, and poor access to contraceptive methods result in unwa...
This prospective hospital-based study was carried out to understand the characteristics of abortion ...
Background: Voluntary abortion for social reasons is illegal in Nigeria; however, the practice remai...
In Ethiopia, the maternal mortality ratio is 676/100,000 live births with complications from unsafe ...
This study examined the knowledge, attitude and practice of private medical practitioners in Calaba...
The objective of the study was to review the implementation of Post Abortion Care and effective link...
Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe prevention of abortion related complications and mortality is dependent...
Unsafe abortion continues to impact negatively on women's health in countries with restrictive abort...
Abortion is carried out daily in Nigeria despite the restrictive abortion law. This study was carrie...
These proceedings are from a seminar organized by the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Per...
Unsafe, induced abortion is one of the three major causes of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Importan...
Background: Induced abortion remains one of the gravest problems associated with women’s reproductiv...
Background: The liberalization of abortion laws in Nigeria has been an interesting debate for a long...
Objectives: Abortion is associated with significant healthproblem with short- and long-term complica...
Despite legal restriction, induced abortions and resulting complications are common in Nigeria. Miso...
Background Abortion is restricted in Uganda, and poor access to contraceptive methods result in unwa...
This prospective hospital-based study was carried out to understand the characteristics of abortion ...
Background: Voluntary abortion for social reasons is illegal in Nigeria; however, the practice remai...
In Ethiopia, the maternal mortality ratio is 676/100,000 live births with complications from unsafe ...