This Summary outlines IAWG's endeavors to undertake the next Global Evaluation beginning in 2023, with a goal to publish and disseminate the study’s findings in 2025.
High Severity of Abortion Complications in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: a Cross-Sectional Study in Two Referral Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa
Médecins Sans FrontièresThis study aims to describe the magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications in two referral hospitals supported by Médecins Sans Frontières and located in such settings in northern Nigeria and Central African Republic (CAR).
Evidence Brief: The Magnitude and Severity of Abortion-Related Complications in the Castors Maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic
E. Pasquier, O. Owolabi, T. Fetters, H. Chen, T. Williams, et. al.The evidence brief presents selected results of two components of the Abortion-related Morbidity and Mortality in Conflict-affected and Fragile Settings (AMoCo) study: A quantitative observational study of clinical characteristics of women presenting with any type of abortion complications, and a quantitative survey with a sub-group of these women who were hospitalised.
Evidence Brief: Pathways to Care Among Women Hospitalized with Severe Abortion Complications at Castors Maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic
T. Fetters, P. Lissouba, A. Moore, D. Lagrou, E. Pasquier, O. Owolabi, H. Chen, T. Williams, et al.This evidence brief summarizes key findings from its qualitative component, which aims to describe the access to care and treatment of women and girls hospitalized in Castors Maternity Hospital in Bangui for potentially life-threatening and near-miss abortion complications such as severe haemorrhage, severe sepsis, and uterine and intra-abdominal perforation.