By SANFROSSA MANYINDATHE prevalence of unsafe abortions in Kitwe and Ndola districts is currently at 20.1 percent, meaning every five women having a miscarriage or abortion, one is abortion unsafe, a study conducted by the Zambia Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (ZAGO) has revealed.According to the study, women who are more likely to have unsafe miscarriages (abortions) are those living in high-density residential areas, not married and those who do not know that there are health facilities that offer safe abortion services.ZAGO president Swebby Macha said the firm was motivated to embark on this critical research by the findings of previous studies indicating that an estimated one in every five pregnancies worldwide ends up as an abortion, of which approximately 40% are carried out under unsafe conditions.Dr Macha said it was revealed that women delayed to seek health care because they feared the negative attitudes from their communities and the health care system towards abortions care in […]
Complications associated with abortions persist with the Copperbelt still having the highest rates at 14 PC – ZAGO
