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Sub-Saharan Africa

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa has focused on documenting access to and use of contraceptives, calculating the regional and country-level public health benefits of meeting women’s reproductive health needs, and documenting adolescents’ needs for and access to sexual and reproductive health information and services. The Institute has also estimated the incidence of unsafe abortion at the national level for numerous countries in the region, as well as calculated the health, social and economic consequences of unsafe abortion. This work provides policymakers with evidence to inform effective family planning programs and offers policy recommendations to address unmet reproductive health needs.

View sexual and reproductive health research and analysis in your location

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Photo of woman with a green background with the words Adding It Up across the bottom
    Initiatives

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Policy Analysis

    Crisis on the Horizon: Devastating Losses for Global Reproductive Health Are Possible Due to COVID-19

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 154,000

    maternal deaths per year in Africa that could be prevented by meeting the need for contraception and maternal and newborn care
  • 16M

    unintended pregnancies could be prevented each year by providing comprehensive contraceptive care
  • 58M

    women have an unmet need for modern contraception

Resources

  • December 2020 Research Article

    Estimating abortion incidence using the network scale-up method

    Elizabeth Sully, Margaret Giorgio and Selena Anjur-Dietrich,Demographic Research

    Global

    • Abortion
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in the Ouagadougou Partnership Countries

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    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Western Africa

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    • Abortion
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    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa

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    • Abortion
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Southern Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Middle Africa

    Global

    • Abortion
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  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Eastern Africa

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    • Abortion
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    • Teens
  • December 2020 News Release

    New study finds women in Lagos, Nigeria effectively self-manage medication abortions

    Global

    • Abortion
  • Self-Managed Misoprostal Abortions in Nigeria
    December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Women’s Experiences with Self-Managed Misoprostol Abortions in Lagos State, Nigeria

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    • Abortion

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The evidence suggests that targeted investments in the formal health and education sectors could have real impact on young people’s health and lives. Investing in the health and education of adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa is an investment that ultimately benefits the greater society

Ann Biddlecom

Director of International Research

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