Insights from an expert group meeting on the definition and measurement of unsafe abortion.

Until recently, WHO operationally defined unsafe abortion as illegal abortion. In the past decade, however, the incidence of abortion by misoprostol administration has increased in countries with restrictive abortion laws. Access to safe surgical abortions has also increased in many such countries. An important effect of these trends has been that, even in an illegal environment, abortion is becoming safer, and an updated system for classifying abortion in accordance with safety is needed. Numerous factors aside from abortion method or legality should be taken into consideration in developing such a classification system. An Expert Meeting on the Definition and Measurement of Unsafe Abortion was convened in London, UK, on January 9-10, 2014, to move toward developing a classification system that both reflects current conditions and acknowledges the gradient of risk associated with abortion. The experts also discussed the types of research needed to monitor the incidence of abortion at each level of safety. These efforts are urgently needed if we are to ensure that preventing unsafe abortion is appropriately represented on the global public health agenda. Such a classification system would also motivate investment in research to accurately measure and monitor abortion incidence across categories of safety.

Perceptions and practices of illegal abortion among urban young adults in the Philippines: a qualitative study.

This study draws on in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with young adults in a metropolitan area of the Philippines to examine perceptions and practices of illegal abortion. Study participants indicated that unintended pregnancies are common and may be resolved through eventual acceptance or through self-induced injury or ingestion of substances to terminate the pregnancy. Despite the illegality of abortion and the restricted status of misoprostol, substantial knowledge and use of the drug exists. Discussions mirrored broader controversies associated with abortion in this setting. Abortion was generally thought to invoke gaba (bad karma), yet some noted its acceptability under certain circumstances. This study elucidates the complexities of pregnancy decisionmaking in this restrictive environment and the need for comprehensive and confidential reproductive health services for Filipino young adults.

Grado de conocimiento que tienen los adolescentes sobre la práctica del aborto y sus complicaciones

Estudio observacional descriptivo de una población de estudiantes del colegio Ysaty de edades entre 14 y 18 años correspondientes al año 2000. Describe el grado de conocimiento que tienen los adolescentes sobre la práctica del aborto y sus implicancias en la salud de la persona. Describe factores socioeconómicos culturales que afectan a esta población

Salud reproductiva en población migrante: El Alto y áreas rurales departamento de La Paz / sss

El texto consta de cuatro partes: la primera da una mirada general a la situación sociodemográfica de las mujeres en la ciudad de El Alto en que la migración de las áreas rurales y las nuevas condiciones de vida, influyen en los niveles de fecundidad. La segunda brinda un análisis cualitativo y en profundidad, comparando conocimientos, actitudes prácticas de la población migrante en sus lugares de origen y en su lugar de residencia actual. La tercera parte un ánalisis situacional, finalmente la investigación toma en cuenta las perspectivas de la población migrante y de los ofertantes de los servicios de salud, brinda información sobre las necesidades de hombres y mujeres en relación a la salud sexual y reproductiva