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Understanding Abortion-Related Stigma and Incidence of Unsafe Abortion: Experiences from Community Members in Machakos and Trans Nzoia Counties Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 9/26/2016)
Introduction: The rate of unsafe abortions in Kenya has increased from 32 per 1000 women of reproductive age in 2002 to 48 per 1000 women
in 2012. This is one of the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2010, Kenya changed ...
Improving the Standards-Based Management-Recognition initiative to provide high-quality, equitable maternal health services in Malawi: an implementation research protocol
(BMJ Global Health, 3/24/2016)
Background: The Government of Malawi is seeking
evidence to improve implementation of its flagship
quality of care improvement initiative—the Standards
Based Management-Recognition for Reproductive
Health (SBM-R(RH)).
Objective: ...
Facility Factors Influencing Utilization of Active Management of Third Stage of Labour Among Skilled Birth Attendants in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH) accounts for 34% of maternal deaths in Kenya. Active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL)
is a World Health Organization and Ministry of Health of Kenya approved protocol ...
Alternative Rite of Passage: A New Way to End FGM
(Elsevier Inc., 2018-07)
Background
Female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to be practiced in various parts of the world and is a culturally and socially sanctioned gender subjugation effort that also undermines the health of women. Currently ...
Correlates of Individual‑level Stigma and Unsafe Abortions among Women Seeking Abortion Care in Trans Nzoia and Machakos Counties, Kenya
(Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd., 2016-08)
Objectives: To compare the levels of abortion stigma in regions with high and low incidence of unsafe
abortion in Kenya to explore whether abortion-related stigma is associated with incidence of unsafe abortion.
Study ...
Facilitating Women’s Access to Misoprostol through Community-based Advocacy in Kenya and Tanzania
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd., 2014)
Objective: To explore the feasibility of educating communities about gynecologic uses for misoprostol at the
community level through community-based organizations in countries with restrictive abortion laws.Methods:
In ...
Abortion Related Stigma: A Case Study of Abortion Stigma in Regions with High and Low Incidences of Unsafe Abortion
(East African Medical Journal, 2016-03)
Background: Abortion accounts for 35% of maternal mortality in Kenya. Kenya
has reported an increase in the rate of unsafe abortions from 32 to 48 per 1000
women of reproductive age in 2002 and 2012 respectively. During ...
Using a Harm Reduction Lens to Examine Post-intervention Results of Medical Abortion Training among Zambian Pharmacists
(Reproductive Health Matters, 2015-02-18)
Despite broad grounds for legal abortion in Zambia, access to abortion services remains limited.
Pharmacy workers, a primary source of health care for communities, present an opportunity to bridge
the gap between policy ...
Social Networks and Decision Making for Clandestine Unsafe Abortions: Evidence from Kenya
(Pubmed, 2015-03)
Little is known about the role of social networks in promoting clandestine abortions. This study investigated the role social networks play in decision making for and facilitation of clandestine abortions. It was a mixed ...
Implementation of Misoprostol for Post-abortion Care in Kenya and Uganda: A Qualitative Evaluation
(COACTION Publishing, 2013-04-24)
Objective: Evaluate implementation of misoprostol for postabortion care (MPAC) in two African countries.
Design: Qualitative, program evaluation.
Setting: Twenty-five public and private health facilities in Rift Valley ...