Unsafe abortion requiring hospital admission in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea - a descriptive study of women’s and health care workers’ experiences

BACKGROUND: In Papua New Guinea induced abortion is restricted under the Criminal Code Law. Unsafe abortions are known to be widely practiced and sepsis due to unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality. METHODS: We undertook a six month, prospective, mixed methods study at the Eastern...

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Autores principales: Vallely, Lisa M, Homiehombo, Primrose, Kelly-Hanku, Angela, Whittaker, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-015-0015-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-015-0015-x

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