BACKGROUND Studies evaluating acceptability of simplified follow-up after medical abortion have focused on high-resource or urban settings where telephones, road connections, and modes of transport are available and where women have formal education. OBJECTIVE To investigate women's acceptability of home-assessment of abortion and whether acceptability of medical abortion differs by in-clinic...

The article reviews the literature on current views about problem of assistance women, who decided to end an early pregnancy, latest achievements in studying tactics care such patients, individualization approaches order maintain reproductive health. Purpose study. To analyze authors from different countries determine main directions management and evaluate new improving methods for maintaining...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess women's experiences of having an early medical abortion at home and to investigate their perceptions of the information provided before the abortion. The study also aimed to investigate possible differences between groups of women. STUDY DESIGN The study is cross-sectional with a descriptive and comparative design. Semi-structured telephone inter...

INTRODUCTION The termination of unwanted pregnancies up to 12 weeks' gestation became legal in Nepal in 2002. Many interventions have taken place to expand access to comprehensive abortion care services. However, comprehensive abortion care services remain out of reach for women in rural and remote areas. This article describes a training and support strategy to train auxiliary nurse-midwives (...

How to cite this article: Seth S, Nagrath A, Goel N, Low dose Mifepristone (100 mg) for medical termination of pregnancy. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2011;3(1), Art. #254, 5 pages. doi:10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.254 Background: Abortion is the most common entity in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. Different methods and modes have been opted for until now to find an effective regimen with ...

There has been much debate regarding levonorgestrel emergency contraception's (LNG-EC's) method of action since 1999 when the Food and Drug Administration first approved its use. Proponents of LNG-EC have argued that they have moral certitude that LNG-EC works via a non-abortifacient mechanism of action, and claim that all the major scientific and medical data consistently support this hypothes...

BACKGROUND Abortion is a serious public health issue, and it poses high risks to the health and life of women. Yet safe abortion services are not readily available because few doctors are trained to provide such services. Many doctors are unaware of laws pertaining to abortion. This article reports survey findings on Malaysian medical students' attitudes toward abortion education and presents a...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate attributes of public service providers associated with the provision of medical abortion in Vietnam. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study via interviewer-administered questionnaire among abortion providers from public health facilities in Hanoi, Khanh Hoa, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam between August 2011 and January 2012. We r...

tion (FDA) approved Mifeprex (mifepristone), commonly known as the “abortion pill,” an article in the Los Angeles Times1 predicted a bleak future for the drug in the United States. The reporter had contacted 53 clinics in California and found that fewer than half offered medical abortion to their patients. Reasons commonly cited for not offering the service included cost, the need for training ...

BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY South Africa's Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1996 provides for safe termination of pregnancy (TOP) in designated facilities in the public and private health sectors. In 2001, mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion was approved for TOP up to 56 days, but this method is not yet available in the public sector. Information on the operational requirements fo...