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In Sub-Saharan Africa, an average of 1.7 million women per year receive post-abortion care (PAC). National average annual rates range from 4–7 per 1,000 women in Nigeria to about 15 per 1,000 women in Uganda. [5] PAC patients may be treated as inpatients or outpatients depending on the severity of their cases and national guidelines. PAC is ...
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Ethiopia is the second most populated country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A central issue concerning the safety of its population is the access to health care including abortion services. Historically, access to abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa has created controversy amongst some members of the public and its healthcare professionals, due to ...
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As of 2014, 94.7% of PAC facilities offer 24/7 care. Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) is used at 99% of providers and long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are available at 95%. As of 2013, 95.2% of patients receive post-abortion counseling and 73.0% get post-abortion family planning, of which 29.6% were LARC.
In 2003, the National Assembly legalised abortion in the cases of threat to the mother's health, pregnancy from rape or incest, or risk of birth defects. Benin is one of the only countries in Africa to legalise abortion. Many public health officials support legal abortion and cite the country's maternal mortality rate. Many religious leaders ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... move to sidebar hide. Abortion in South Sudan is a criminal offense unless done in good faith ...
Between 1990–1994 to 2015–2019, the unintended pregnancy rate remained constant and the abortion rate increased 28%. [7] According to the 2022 State of the World Population Report, 60% of unintended pregnancies in the country result in abortion, and the unintended pregnancy rate is rising. [8] Abortion data collection in the country is sparse.