The Guttmacher Institute (New York, NY)
Website: http://www.guttmacher.org/
May 28
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Africa: Report Finds Uneven Progress in Expanding Pregnancy and Delivery Care [press release]
Each year, an estimated 287,000 women worldwide die from pregnancy-related causes, and approximately three million newborns do not survive past the first 28 days of life. The... Read more »
May 17
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Africa: Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception [press release]
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute finds that within the developing world, the poorest countries are lagging far behind higher-income developing countries in meeting the... Read more »
April 30
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Rwanda: Contraceptive Use Not Keeping Pace With Desire for Smaller Families [press release]
Findings from the first national study on the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion in Rwanda show that nearly half (47%) of all pregnancies in the country are unintended.... Read more »
January 30
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Ghana: Inequities in Access to Safe Services Keep Unsafe Abortion Rates High [press release]
Unsafe abortion remains a leading cause of maternal death and injury in Ghana. Now, a newly released study finds that a woman's socioeconomic status largely determines how safe her... Read more »
August 29, 2012
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Ethiopia: Improved Contraceptive Services Will Save Lives, Lower Health Costs [press release]
The first national estimate of the direct cost of treating postabortion complications in Ethiopia shows the country spent US$7.6 million in 2008 to provide postabortion care, an... Read more »
March 26, 2012
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Rwanda: Unsafe Abortion Poses Serious Threat to Women's Health [press release]
The first national estimates of abortion incidence in Rwanda show that one in 40 women aged 15-44 had an abortion in 2009 and that virtually all of these abortions were clandestine... Read more »
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