BACKGROUND The effect of pregnancy intention on post-natal practices like breastfeeding is still poorly understood in the Philippines. In this light, this study aims to determine the association between pregnancy intention and optimal breastfeeding practices in the Philippines. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study design using the 2003 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey. Log...

this study on abortion was carried out at farah maternity hospital on the basis of : 1) the total admission recorded between 1960-1967 and 2) an interview questionnaire on 1009 women who had been referred for complications of termination of pregnancy, induced or spontaneous , between october 1968 and march 1969.there was an increase of 33.2% in admission for deliveries and 28.6% for abortions. ...

Although fertility rate is still high (2.7) compared to other South Asian countries, the total wanted fertility is only 2.3, which clearly shows that average 0.4 pregnancies are unwanted. In Bangladesh, women with unwanted pregnancy are more likely to seek unsafe abortion and it is one of the important causes of maternal mortality and morbidity (Ahmed et al. 2005). The main objective of this st...

A high proportion of maternal deaths are caused by abortion, especially induced abortion. This cross-sectional study determined the prevalence of illegally-induced abortion prior to admittance and its associated risk factors in 8 maternity hospitals in Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran, during 2003-04. In confidential interviews with 417 women who attended the hospitals with abortion, 50 (12.0%...

Background: Approximately 16 million adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years and 1 million teenage girls less than 15 years of age become pregnant worldwide annually, and the majority of these pregnancies are unintended. Unwanted adolescent pregnancy coupled with impaired and inadequate physical and mental health can lead to slow progression of the community and the short- and long-term negative c...

Where pregnancy tests are unavailable, health providers, fearing possible harm to fetuses, often deny contraception to nonmenstruating clients. In Kenya, a trial of a simple checklist to exclude pregnancy showed a good negative predictive value, which could improve access to service and reduce unwanted pregnancies and their sequelae.

-the; A major reduction in the number of unwanted pregnancies and pregnancy terminations could be achieved if an effective method of emergency pregnancy interception (postcoital contraception) was readily available to women. This policy stakmnt describes a method which is the Yuzpe 2 + 2 regimen; the use of two tablets of estradioI/levonorgestrel, with an antiemetic, followed by a second identi...