Beyond safety: the 2022 WHO abortion guidelines and the future of abortion safety measurement.

What it found

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Evidence and determinants of post-abortion family planning utilization among women of reproductive age in Africa: an umbrella review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025
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2. Pathways to care among women hospitalized with severe abortion complications in Bangui, Central African Republic, a conflict-affected urban setting: qualitative results of the AMoCo (abortion-related morbidity and mortality in conflict-affected and fragile settings) study.Conflict and health · 2026
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3. Comparative efficacy and safety of medical and surgical management for missed miscarriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026
   Review
4. Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Misoprostol in Comparison to Dilatation and Curettage for Treatment of First-Trimester Missed Abortion (Gestational Age ≤ 14 Weeks) in Iran.Health science reports · 2025
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5. Abortion safety in Ghana: does motivation matter?BMC public health · 2025
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6. Self-Managed Medication Abortion: History, Evidence, Models of Care, and Policy Considerations.American journal of public health · 2025
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7. Advancing knowledge and public health: a scientific exploration of abortion safety.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025
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8. Abortion providers as human rights defenders: policy priorities for South Africa.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025
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9. A descriptive summary of the WHO availability assessments of medical abortion medicines in eight African countries.Reproductive health · 2024
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10. First-trimester medication abortion via telemedicine: A retrospective cohort study.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024
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11. Nego-feminism as a strategy to improve access to abortion in sub-saharan Africa.Reproductive health · 2024
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12. Estimating induced abortion incidence and the use of non-recommended abortion methods and sources in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa and Kongo Central) in 2021: results from population-based, cross-sectional surveys of reproductive-aged women.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023
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13. Abortion incidence and safety in Niger in 2021: Findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of reproductive-aged women using direct and indirect measurement approaches.PLOS global public health · 2023
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14. Self-reported abortion experiences in Ethiopia and Uganda, new evidence from cross-sectional community-based surveys.PLOS global public health · 2023
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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