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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.

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  • News Release

    Clandestine Abortion in Zimbabwe Contributes to Maternal Medical Complications

  • map of Africa
    Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Africa

  • News Release

    First Study on the Incidence of Abortion Among Ugandan Adolescents Released

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 16M

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

    surveyed Kenyan students aged 15–17 learn about contraception
  • 487,000

    HIV-infected women in Sub-Saharan Africa do not receive medicine to prevent mother-to-child transmission every year

Resources

  • August 2018 Report

    Future Scenarios of Adolescent Contraceptive Use, Cost and Impact in Developing Regions

    Ann Biddlecom,Taylor Riley,Jacqueline E. Darroch,Elizabeth Sully,Vladimíra KantorováandMark Wheldon

    International

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • August 2018 Fact Sheet

    Future Scenarios of Adolescent Contraceptive Use, Costs and Impact in Developing Regions

    International

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • August 2018 Infographic

    Sexual and reproductive health and sexual and reproductive rights are interconnected

    International

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • Image, Guttmacher-Lancet Commission: Health & Rights
    July 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    A Bold and Comprehensive Vision for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Cynthia Summers,Women Deliver Blog

    International

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV/STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • July 2018 Research Article

    Challenges to Implementing National Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curricula in Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Case Studies of Ghana, Kenya, Peru and Guatemala

    Sarah Keogh,Melissa Stillman,Kofi Awusabo-Asare,Estelle M. Sidze,Ana Silvia Monzón,Angélica MottaandEllie Leong,PLOS ONE

    International

    • Teens
  • Image, Guttmacher-Lancet Commission: Health & Rights
    June 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Los beneficios del acceso al aborto legal y seguro

    Laura LaskiandErnestina Coast,La Nación

    International

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV/STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • May 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Gilda Sedgh: Restrictive Abortion Laws Hurt Women Worldwide

    Gilda Sedgh,BMJ Opinion

    International

    • Abortion
  • May 2018 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    How Legal Restrictions on Abortion Are Harming Women All Over the World

    Ann M. Starrs,The Telegraph

    International

    • Abortion
  • May 2018 Research Article

    Setting the research agenda for induced abortion in Africa and Asia

    Rachel H. Scott,Veronique Filippi,Ann M. Moore,Rajib Acharya,Akinrinola Bankole,Clara Calvert,Kathryn Church,Jenny A. Cresswell,Katharine Footman,Joanne Gleason,Kazuyo Machiyama,Cicely Marston,Mike Mbizvo,Maurice Musheke,Onikepe Owolabi,Jennifer Palmer,Christopher Smith,Katerini StorengandFelicia Yeung,International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    International

    • Abortion
  • Graphic showing that 4.3 billion people of reproductive age lack adequate sexual and reproductive health care
    May 2018 Infographic

    Number of people of reproductive age lacking adequate sexual and reproductive health care

    International

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens

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Hear From An Expert

Unsafe abortion costs the Ugandan health system $14 million per year. More investment in contraceptive services would improve women’s health and save millions of dollars. Every dollar spent on family planning saves more than five dollars in postabortion care services.

Aparna Sundaram

Senior Research Scientist

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