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Bookmark or Share- Abortion - World Health Organization (WHO)Such abortions can be done using tablets (medical abortion) or a simple outpatient procedure. Making health for all a reality, and moving towards the progressive realization of human rights, requires that all individuals have access to quality health care, including comprehensive abortion care services – which includes information, management ...
- Worldwide, an estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur each yearWorldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by WHO and the Guttmacher Institute published today in The Lancet. The majority of unsafe abortions, or 97%, occurred in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- Women and girls continue to be at risk of unsafe abortionSafe abortions are those which are performed in accordance with WHO guidelines and standards, thus ensuring that the risk of severe complications is minimal. When girls and women do not have access to sexual and reproductive health services and information, including contraception and safe abortion care, they are at risk of unsafe abortion ...
- Abortion - World Health Organization (WHO)Abortion is a common health intervention. It is very safe when carried out using a method recommended by WHO, appropriate to the pregnancy duration and by someone with the necessary skills. However, around 45% of abortions are unsafe. Unsafe abortion is an important preventable cause of maternal deaths and morbidities.
- Abortion rate estimate - World Health Organization (WHO)Model-estimated abortion rates were sorted within Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) regions, annually per 1000 women aged 15–49 years in 2015–2019, with 80% and 95% uncertainty intervals. Northern America is an SDG region and contrasts with North America, with Mexico in Latin America and the Caribbean. Regional averages were computed from ...
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