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Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities

OBJECTIVES: Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of global maternal mortality and morbidity. This study sought to estimate availability of essential postabortion care (PAC) services among publicly managed health facilities in Ethiopia. STUDY DESIGN: Data from public hospitals and health centers in Eth...

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Autores principales: McMahon, Hayley V., Karp, Celia, Bell, Suzanne O., Shiferaw, Solomon, Seme, Assefa, Yihdego, Mahari, Zimmerman, Linnea A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36393886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2022.100087
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author McMahon, Hayley V.
Karp, Celia
Bell, Suzanne O.
Shiferaw, Solomon
Seme, Assefa
Yihdego, Mahari
Zimmerman, Linnea A.
author_facet McMahon, Hayley V.
Karp, Celia
Bell, Suzanne O.
Shiferaw, Solomon
Seme, Assefa
Yihdego, Mahari
Zimmerman, Linnea A.
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description OBJECTIVES: Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of global maternal mortality and morbidity. This study sought to estimate availability of essential postabortion care (PAC) services among publicly managed health facilities in Ethiopia. STUDY DESIGN: Data from public hospitals and health centers in Ethiopia were collected in 2020. Among facilities offering labor and delivery, we assessed the proportion that: (1) offered PAC, (2) were equipped for each PAC signal function, and (3) were equipped for all PAC signal functions falling within their scope of care by facility type. ANALYSIS: Our primary outcome was PAC service provision status. Descriptive statistics summarized the proportion of hospitals and health centers, respectively, categorized as each PAC status and with necessary equipment for individual signal functions. Per Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) guidelines, hospitals are expected to provide comprehensive PAC, while health centers are expected to provide basic PAC. RESULTS: Altogether, 69.1% (n = 94) of hospitals were equipped to provide comprehensive PAC, and 65.2% (n = 131) of health centers were equipped for basic PAC. Least available signal functions included obstetric surgery among hospitals (83.8%; n = 114) and uterine evacuation among health centers (84.6%; n = 170). CONCLUSION: Meaningful progress has been made toward achieving the Ethiopian FMOH's goal of universal PAC service availability at hospitals and health centers by 2020. Despite this, sizable gaps remain and may endanger maternal health in Ethiopia, underscoring a need for continued prioritization of PAC services. IMPLICATIONS: Ethiopia's commitment to PAC has fostered a service landscape that is stronger than many other low-resource settings; however, notable shortcomings are present. Further research is needed to understand the potential role of clinical training and supply-side interventions.
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spelling pubmed-96499982022-11-15 Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities McMahon, Hayley V. Karp, Celia Bell, Suzanne O. Shiferaw, Solomon Seme, Assefa Yihdego, Mahari Zimmerman, Linnea A. Contracept X Original Research Article OBJECTIVES: Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of global maternal mortality and morbidity. This study sought to estimate availability of essential postabortion care (PAC) services among publicly managed health facilities in Ethiopia. STUDY DESIGN: Data from public hospitals and health centers in Ethiopia were collected in 2020. Among facilities offering labor and delivery, we assessed the proportion that: (1) offered PAC, (2) were equipped for each PAC signal function, and (3) were equipped for all PAC signal functions falling within their scope of care by facility type. ANALYSIS: Our primary outcome was PAC service provision status. Descriptive statistics summarized the proportion of hospitals and health centers, respectively, categorized as each PAC status and with necessary equipment for individual signal functions. Per Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) guidelines, hospitals are expected to provide comprehensive PAC, while health centers are expected to provide basic PAC. RESULTS: Altogether, 69.1% (n = 94) of hospitals were equipped to provide comprehensive PAC, and 65.2% (n = 131) of health centers were equipped for basic PAC. Least available signal functions included obstetric surgery among hospitals (83.8%; n = 114) and uterine evacuation among health centers (84.6%; n = 170). CONCLUSION: Meaningful progress has been made toward achieving the Ethiopian FMOH's goal of universal PAC service availability at hospitals and health centers by 2020. Despite this, sizable gaps remain and may endanger maternal health in Ethiopia, underscoring a need for continued prioritization of PAC services. IMPLICATIONS: Ethiopia's commitment to PAC has fostered a service landscape that is stronger than many other low-resource settings; however, notable shortcomings are present. Further research is needed to understand the potential role of clinical training and supply-side interventions. Elsevier 2022-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9649998/ /pubmed/36393886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2022.100087 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Shiferaw, Solomon
Seme, Assefa
Yihdego, Mahari
Zimmerman, Linnea A.
Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
title Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
title_full Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
title_fullStr Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
title_full_unstemmed Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
title_short Availability of postabortion care services in Ethiopia: Estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
title_sort availability of postabortion care services in ethiopia: estimates from a 2020 national sample of public facilities
topic Original Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36393886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2022.100087
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