Title: Unsafe abortion : global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008

Authors: Ahman, Elisabeth and Shah, Iqbal

Place: Geneva

Publisher: World health organization (WHO)

Year: cop. 2011

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Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: abortion, maternal mortality, maternal health services

Abstract: Deaths due to unsafe abortion remain close to 13% of all maternal deaths. Although unsafe abortions are preventable, they continue to pose undue risks to a woman's health and may endanger her life.

URL: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501118_eng.pdf

Document type: Report