Delay in the provision of adequate care to women who died from abortion-related complications in the principal maternity hospital of Gabon

Unsafe abortion and abortion care in Khartoum, Sudan

“…A recent study in Gabon also found delays in provision of treatment for complications of unsafe abortion in the main maternity hospital in Libreville, a mean wait of almost 24 hours. 15 In that case, lack of staffing and resources were not an issue. The authors of that study state:…”

Maus-tratos e discriminação na assistência ao aborto provocado: a percepção das mulheres em Teresina, Piauí, Brasil

“…Ele 10,[20][21][22] . Apesar de não se saber se essa demora acontece por discriminação contra a mulher por ter realizado um aborto, existem evidências que demonstram que o atraso em realizar o procedimento adequado para esvaziamento uterino aumenta as chances de complicações [30][31][32] . Durante a espera pela curetagem uterina, a informação de dor nem sempre foi suficiente para que a equipe de saúde ofertasse métodos farmacológicos para seu controle.…”

LARCs after unsafe abortion in Libreville (Gabon): Women accept quickly but the time interval for the insertion is longer than that of injectable contraceptives

“…This moment of meeting between patients and medical providers at hospital should be used to offer and quickly insert such contraceptive methods. Moreover, health-care providers in our department are often reluctant to quickly provide women consulting for unsafe abortion complications [4] with PAC, even though improvements were observed recently [5].…”