"A new hope for women": Medical abortion in a low-resource setting in Ethiopia

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 196-197

  Prata, Ndola ^a,b,c   Gessessew, Amanuel ^d   Campbell, Martha ^c   Potts, Malcolm ^b  

^a Venture Strategies Innovations   (United States)

^b Health and Sustainability   (United States)

^c Venture Strategies for Health and Development   (United States)

^d MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

CONTRACEPTION; ETHIOPIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOPE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL ABORTION; NOTE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; UTERUS PERFORATION; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VAGINAL INJURY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; CONTRACEPTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 81055147683     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2011-100174     Document Type: Note

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