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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article McMahon, Hayley V. Karp, Celia Bell, Suzanne O. 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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