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Self-managed abortion as a humanitarian revolution: Accounts of a telehealth pilot in the Middle East

Lasserre L, Staderini N, Hasan M, Rossi V
2025-02-11 • Conflict and Health
2025-02-11 • Conflict and Health

BACKGROUND

Access to safe abortion care (SAC) should be improved in fragile and humanitarian settings, and the implementation of interventions in that regard ar...

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Research

Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Powell B, Fetters T, Ngbale R,  et al.
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health
2024-08-05 • Reproductive Health

BACKGROUND

Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. There is little evidence on the availability and quality of post-abortion c...

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Research

Reasons for delay in reaching healthcare with severe abortion-related morbidities: Qualitative results from women in the fragile context of Jigawa state, Nigeria (AMoCo)

Moore AM, Fetters T, Williams T, Pasquier E, Kantiok J,  et al.
2023-12-01 • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
2023-12-01 • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
Maternal near-miss events are a key measure of maternal health; abortion-related complications are one source of near-miss events. To understand the pathway to care of women with severe ...
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

The magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications: Referral Hospital in Jigawa State, a fragile setting - Results of the AMoCo study

Fotheringham C, Moore AM, Owolabi OO, Fetters T, Chen H,  et al.
2023-08-01
2023-08-01

A dearth of evidence on abortion complications in fragile settings limits the understanding of women’s needs in access to comprehensive abortion care in contexts like Jigawa state. Th...

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Research

Testing a framework for evaluating the quality of post-abortion care: an analysis using data from the AMoCo study in two sub-Saharan African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Powell B, Fetters T, Ngbale RN,  et al.
2023-07-17 • Research Square
2023-07-17 • Research Square
BACKGROUND
Abortion-related complications remain a main cause of maternal mortality. Post-abortion care (PAC) provision in humanitarian settings suffers from limited accessibility, p...
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behaviors among providers of abortion-related care. A referral maternity hospital in Jigawa state, Nigeria, a fragile setting - Results of the AMoCo Study

Powell B, Chen H, Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Fetters T,  et al.
2023-07-01
2023-07-01
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behaviors among providers of abortion-related care. Castors maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic, a conflict-affected urban setting - Results of the AMoCo study

Powell B, Chen H, Pasquier E, Fetters T, Owolabi OO,  et al.
2023-07-01
2023-07-01
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Abstract

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Pasquier E, Lissouba P, Moore AM, Owolabi OO, Chen H,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected s...
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Slide Presentation

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Pasquier E, Lissouba P, Chen H, Williams TN, Baudin E,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Video

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Pasquier E
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
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Pre-Print

Lessons learned conducting abortion research in fragile contexts: Reflections from a mixed methods study in Africa (the AMoCo study)

Moore AM, Pasquier E, Williams TN, Fetters T, Powell B,  et al.
2023-03-20 • Research Square
2023-03-20 • Research Square
BACKGROUND
Conducting abortion research in fragile settings presents challenges, many of which are present in other low-resourced settings to various degrees but when appearing all t...
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Research

High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa (AMoCo study)

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Fetters T, Ngbale RN, Adame Gbanzi MC,  et al.
2023-03-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2023-03-04 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BACKGROUND
Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected set...
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Research

HIV, sexual violence, and termination of pregnancy among adolescent and adult female sex workers in Malawi: A respondent-driven sampling study

Bossard C, Chihana ML, Nicholas S, Mauambeta D, Weinstein D,  et al.
2022-12-30 • PLOS One
2022-12-30 • PLOS One
Female Sex Workers (FSWs) are a hard-to-reach and understudied population, especially those who begin selling sex at a young age. In one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in...
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

Pathways to care among women hospitalized with severe abortion complications. Castors Maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic, a conflict-affected urban setting - Results of the AMoCo study

Fetters T, Lissouba P, Moore AM, Lagrou D, Pasquier E,  et al.
2022-12-01
2022-12-01
Journal Article
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Research

Catalyst for change: Lessons learned from overcoming barriers to providing safe abortion care in Médecins Sans Frontières projects

Kumar M, Schulte-Hillen C, De Plecker E, Van Haver A, Marques SG,  et al.
2022-10-23 • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
2022-10-23 • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
CONTEXT
Despite instituting a policy in 2004, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continuously struggled to routinely provide safe abortion care (SAC). In 2016, the organization launched ...
Technical Report
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Evidence Brief

The magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications in the Castors Maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic – Evidence brief, March 2022

Pasquier E, Owolabi OO, Fetters T, Chen H, Williams TN,  et al.
2022-08-30
2022-08-30
Abortion complications remain a major cause of maternal mortality worldwide and abortion-related mortality has decreased very little over the last decade, unlike maternal mortality linke...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Abortion-related Morbidity and Mortality in Conflict-affected and fragile settings (AMoCo Study)

Pasquier E, Fetters T, Owolabi OO, Moore AM, Marquer C,  et al.
2020-12-15
2020-12-15
OVERALL AIM
To describe and estimate the burden of abortion-related complications, particularly near-miss complications and deaths, and their associated factors among women presentin...
Journal Blog
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Perspective

Overcoming inaction and increasing access to safe abortion care: MSF experience

Fotheringham C, Kumar M, Schulte-Hillen C
2019-03-04 • PLoS Blogs
2019-03-04 • PLoS Blogs
On International Women's Day 2019, the authors discuss recent efforts by MSF to improve access to safe abortion care worldwide.
Conference Material
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Video

Overcoming barriers to provision of safe abortion care in MSF projects: Task Force approach

Kumar M
2019-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2019: Innovation
2019-05-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2019: Innovation
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Commentary

Now is the time: a call for increased access to contraception and safe abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kumar M, Daly M, de Plecker E, Jamet C, McRae M,  et al.
2020-07-20 • BMJ Global Health
2020-07-20 • BMJ Global Health
SUMMARY BOX

• The COVID-19 pandemic has begun to severely limit access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including contraception and safe abortion care (SAC), which have h...