Title: Abortion in Ghana

Authors: Sedgh, Gilda and Ball, Haley

Place: New York, NY

Publisher: Guttmacher institute

Year: 2010

Journal: In brief

Volume: 2010/2

PAGE: --

Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: abortion, maternal welfare, mortality, maternal health services, ghana

Abstract: More than one in 10 pregnancy-related deaths in Ghana are the result of unsafe abortions. In addition, 13% of Ghanaian women who have had an abortion experience complications resulting from unsafe procedures, and fewer than half of them received the needed follow-up care.

URL: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/IB-Abortion-in-Ghana.pdf

Document type: E-article