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  • COVID-19 impact
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  • Adding It Up
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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Asia

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Asia has focused primarily on estimating the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy, documenting the health consequences of unsafe abortion and the conditions under which it occurs, and assessing the quality of postabortion care and counseling. In addition, as part of larger global estimates, the Institute has estimated levels of and reasons for unmet need for modern contraception, as well as the costs and public health benefits of meeting women’s reproductive health needs. This work provides policymakers across the region with evidence to support greater investments in family planning services and maternal and newborn health care programs, improve the quality and accessibility of postabortion care, and help women achieve their preferences regarding timing and number of births.

View sexual and reproductive health research and analysis in your location

  • Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Six Indian States: Findings and Implications for Policies and Programs

  • Report

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019

  • In low- and middle-income countries, a 10% drop in reproductive health care due to COVID-19 equals 49 million more women with unmet need for modern contraception
    Infographic

    COVID-19 could have a catastrophic effect on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 539,000

    unintended pregnancies occur each year in Nepal
  • 4.6M

    women are hospitalized annually in Asia for treatment of complications of unsafe abortion
  • 35.5M

    abortions were performed annually in Asia in 2010–2014

Resources

  • December 2017 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health, 2017

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • October 2017 News in Context

    Guttmacher at the IUSSP 2017 International Population Conference

  • September 2017 News Release

    Worldwide, an Estimated 25 Million Unsafe Abortions Occur Each Year

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2017 Infographic

    Safety of abortions worldwide

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2017 Infographic

    Disparities in safety of abortions, by country income

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2017 Research Article

    Global, regional, and subregional classification of abortions by safety, 2010–14: estimates from a Bayesian hierarchical model

    Bela Ganatra, Caitlin Gerdts, Clémentine Rossier, Brooke Ronald Johnson, Özge Tunçalp, Anisa Assifi, Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Anna Popinchalk, Jonathan Bearak, Zhenning Kang and Leontine Alkema,The Lancet

    Global

    • Abortion
  • August 2017 News Release

    New issue of International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health now available

  • August 2017 Policy Analysis

    The Benefits of Investing in International Family Planning—and the Price of Slashing Funding

    Sneha Barot,Guttmacher Policy Review

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2017 News Release

    New 14-Country Study Highlights Reasons Women Obtain Abortions

    Global

    • Abortion
  • July 2017 Research Article

    Reasons Women Have Induced Abortions: A Synthesis of Findings from 14 Countries

    Sophia Chae, Sheila Desai, Marjorie Crowell and Gilda Sedgh,Contraception

    Global

    • Abortion

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Women in India face considerable challenges trying to obtain abortion care. Permitting midlevel providers to provide medication abortion can help address this situation by expanding the number of providers and facilities qualified to offer this care.

Susheela Singh

Distinguished Scholar and Vice President for Global Science and Policy Integration

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