{"title":"New findings on induced abortion in Ethiopia: Evidence from an abortion research capacity building project.","authors":"Abraham Fessehaye Sium, Delayehu Bekele","doi":"10.29063/ajrh2025/v29i9s.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Countries in sub-Saharan Africa continue to experience some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the World.1,2 Unsafe abortion is reported to be among the leading causes of maternal deaths in some countries in this region.3,4 A significant barrier to advancing legal and policy reforms that ensure women's and girls' access to safe comprehensive abortion care in the region is the lack of relevant and timely evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":7551,"journal":{"name":"African journal of reproductive health","volume":"29 9s","pages":"9-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"African journal of reproductive health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.29063/ajrh2025/v29i9s.1","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa continue to experience some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the World.1,2 Unsafe abortion is reported to be among the leading causes of maternal deaths in some countries in this region.3,4 A significant barrier to advancing legal and policy reforms that ensure women's and girls' access to safe comprehensive abortion care in the region is the lack of relevant and timely evidence.
期刊介绍:
The African Journal of Reproductive Health is a multidisciplinary and international journal that publishes original research, comprehensive review articles, short reports, and commentaries on reproductive heath in Africa. The journal strives to provide a forum for African authors, as well as others working in Africa, to share findings on all aspects of reproductive health, and to disseminate innovative, relevant and useful information on reproductive health throughout the continent.