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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
  • State policy resources
  • State legislation tracker

Reports

  • Global
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Articles

  • Global research
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  • Policy analysis
  • Guttmacher Policy Review
  • Op-eds & external blogs

Fact Sheets

  • Global
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Data & Visualizations

  • Data center
  • Infographics
  • Public-use data sets

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Global

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

U.S.

  • Abortion
  • Contraception
  • HIV & STIs
  • Pregnancy
  • Teens

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Africa

Most of Guttmacher Institute’s work in Africa concentrates on Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies have estimated the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy; presented age-specific abortion rates and rates for sexually active adolescents; documented the severity of complications from unsafe abortion; assessed the quality, costs and reach of postabortion care; examined sexuality education; and explored the use of misoprostol from informal sources for abortion. A comprehensive monograph also summarized the body of evidence on unintended pregnancy and abortion in the region.

The Institute's ongoing Adding It Up project provides estimates (regional, subregional and country-specific) of the needs for modern contraception, maternal and newborn care, and abortion-related services for low- and middle-income countries. This work also estimates the costs and impacts of meeting these needs, providing policymakers throughout Africa with evidence that investment in improving and increasing the provision of sexual and reproductive health services saves lives, improves women’s health and well-being, and has broad societal benefits. 

In addition, the Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide study has produced model-based estimates of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion for all African countries and territories over the period 1990–2019. Such estimates provide an opportunity to assess trends in unintended pregnancy and abor­tion over time for individual countries and territories, as well as regionally and globally.

Explore data and resources for 55 African countries using the “Select a country profile” box on this page.

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  • News Release

    Guttmacher Institute Releases Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles for More Than 130 Countries

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Report

    From Unsafe to Safe Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa: Slow but Steady Progress

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 16M

    unintended pregnancies could be prevented each year by providing comprehensive contraceptive care
  • 3 in 4

    surveyed Ghanaian students aged 15–17 are taught to not have sex before marriage
  • 80%

    reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in Africa

Resources

  • May 2009 Report

    Meeting Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Nigeria

    Gilda Sedgh, Akinrinola Bankole, Friday Okonofua, Collins Imarhiagbe, Rubina Hussain and Deirdre Wulf

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • March 2009 Report

    Barriers to Safe Motherhood in Nigeria

    Gilda Sedgh, Akinrinola Bankole, Friday Okonofua, Collins Imarhiagbe, Rubina Hussain and Deirdre Wulf

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • November 2008 Report

    Reducing Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria

    Global

    • Abortion
  • June 2008 Report

    Views of Adults on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Evidence from Ghana

    Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Akinrinola Bankole and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme

    Global

    • Teens
  • March 2008 Report

    Protecting the Next Generation in Uganda

    Leila Darabi, Akinrinola Bankole, Kalundi Serumaga, Stella Neema, Richard Kibombo, F. Humera Ahmed and Paul Banoba

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • February 2008 Report

    Adults' Perceptions of Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Evidence from Uganda

    Richard Kibombo, Stella Neema, Ann M. Moore and F. Humera Ahmed

    Global

    • Teens
  • December 2007 Report

    Protecting the Next Generation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Ann Biddlecom, Laura Hessburg, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Leila Darabi

    Global

    • Teens
  • December 2007 Report

    Protecting the Next Generation in Malawi

    Jonathan Wittenberg, Alister Munthali, Ann M. Moore, MacBain Mkandawire, Felix Limbani, Leila Darabi and Sidon Konyani

    Global

    • Teens
  • December 2007 Research Article

    Factors Associated with Sexual Abstinence among Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries

    Caroline W. Kabiru and Alex Ezeh,Journal of Reproductive Health

    Global

    • Teens
  • November 2007 Report

    Protecting the Next Generation in Ghana: New Evidence on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs

    Laura Hessburg, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Joana O. Nerquaye-Tetteh, Francis Yankey, Ann Biddlecom and Melanie Croce-Galis

    Global

    • Teens

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Ethiopia is one of only a handful of countries to eliminate barriers to legal abortion specifically for adolescents. As a result, young women are more likely to access safe abortion care than any other age-group there.

Elizabeth A. Sully

Senior Research Scientist
Guttmacher Institute
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