Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, according to a major global survey from the Guttmacher Institute.
The report, “Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress,” states that almost all unsafe abortions were in less developed countries with restrictive abortion [...]

More than two million infants and women die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a new study released at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) world congress.
Over 2,000 gynecologists, obstetricians and other health workers from around the world came together this week for the FIGO 19th [...]

Following the legalization of abortion in Nepal in 2002, abortion services have been provided safely at both government and private facilities throughout the country, according to a new study released Thursday by Ipas. An exploratory study of complications from comprehensive abortion care found that the overall rate of complications was less than 2 percent, mostly [...]

Experts estimate that post partum haemorrhage accounts for about one quarter of the estimated 535,000 women who die each year after childbirth — that’s 133,750 women. New evidence from the DFID funded Future Health Systems Research Programme Consortium was recently published in The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. According to Dr. David M. Bishai, a [...]

A new report, “Economic Impact of Unsafe Abortion-Related Morbidity and Mortality: Evidence and Estimation Challenges,” reveals that unsafe abortion-related morbidity and mortality (UARMM) exacts a huge price annually in terms of the lives and health of women in developing countries each year. Almost 20 million unsafe abortions occur annually, virtually all in the developing world. More [...]

A new report on maternal mortality, released by UNICEF, highlights the risks faced during pregnancy and childbirth by women in developing countries.
The report, Progress for Children: A Report Card on Maternal Mortality states that, according to the latest data, more than 99 per cent of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries, [...]

Masimba Biriwasha wrote a blog post on RH Reality Check today about the need to screen pregnant women for other STIs than HIV. She references a new study that was conducted in Cameroon on gynaecological morbidity–defined as “any condition, disease or dysfunction of the reproductive system that is not related to pregnancy, abortion or childbirth [...]