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ArticleSexual and reproductive health matters2025

Telehealth abortion services via Women on Web in Kenya (2013-2019): a descriptive analysis of the characteristics and motivations of the care seekers.

Mary Achieng Ouma, Anita Alaze, Kenneth Juma, Hazal Atay, Rebecca Gomperts, Céline Miani

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6 authors.

Mary Achieng OumaDoctoral student, Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-0394-2647
Anita AlazeDoctoral student, Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1248-8627
Kenneth JumaSenior Research Officer, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-7742-9954
Hazal AtayResearcher, Women on Web International Foundation, Canada; Post-doctoral researcher, OFCE, Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1634-6060
Rebecca GompertsDirector, Women on Waves, Netherlands.
Céline MianiProfessor, Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Universität Str. 25, Bielefeld 33615, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3835-0287

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Kenya, access to abortion is legally restricted and allowed under a limited set of conditions. Teleabortion service providers, such as Women on Web (WoW), provide safe and effective abortion care outside the formal health sector. This study explores the characteristics and motivations of individuals in Kenya who completed an online consultation on the WoW website in 2013-2019. We used anonymised data provided by WoW to describe participants' characteristics (

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Abortion, InducedInternetMotivationPatient Acceptance of Health CareTelemedicineAdolescentAdultFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHumansKenyaPregnancySurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultabortion stigmaKenyamedical abortionself-managed abortiontelehealthWomen on Web

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PMID40331785
PMCPMC12138938

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