Post abortion care: experience of the gynecological and obstetrical service of Treichville university hospital center, Abidjan-Cote D’ivoire

Background: The objectives of our study were to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of the patients received in our service for abortion and to describe the Post Abortion Cares (PAC) that have been administered since the 2014 reorganization.Methods: This was a descriptive and prospective study over 12 months taking into account patients admitted to our department for abortion.Results: The frequency of abortions was 24%. The majority of patients were less than 25 years old (84.95%) and single (74.33%) had a low level of study (71.68%), an induced abortion history (73.75%) and a notion of contraceptive use (58%). On admission 15.48% of abortions were complicated. Patients mostly received, during their stay, abortion emergency cares (71.68%), contraception (81.25%) and HIV test (90.26%). They also benefited at 6 weeks from the cervical cancer screening (78.57%).Conclusions: The reorganization of the practice of abortion care permitted us to have the expected results