From concept to measurement: operationalizing WHO's definition of unsafe abortion

doi:10.2471/BLT.14.136333

Editorial

. 2014 Mar 1;92(3):155.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.136333.

From concept to measurement: operationalizing WHO's definition of unsafe abortion

Bela Ganatra¹, Özge Tunçalp¹, Heidi Bart Johnston¹, Brooke R Johnson Jr¹, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu¹, Marleen Temmerman¹

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PMID: 24700971
PMCID: PMC3949603
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.136333

Editorial

From concept to measurement: operationalizing WHO's definition of unsafe abortion

Bela Ganatra et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 1;92(3):155.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.136333.

Authors

Bela Ganatra¹, Özge Tunçalp¹, Heidi Bart Johnston¹, Brooke R Johnson Jr¹, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu¹, Marleen Temmerman¹

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¹ Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .

PMID: 24700971
PMCID: PMC3949603
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.136333

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[1] Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme. The prevention and management of unsafe abortion: report of a technical working group (WHO/MSM/92.5). Geneva: World Health Organization; 1993. Available from: whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1992/WHO_MSM_92.5.pdf [accessed 7 February 2014].

[2] Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programme. The prevention and management of unsafe abortion: report of a technical working group (WHO/MSM/92.5). Geneva: World Health Organization; 1993. Available from: whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1992/WHO_MSM_92.5.pdf [accessed 7 February 2014].

[3] Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012. Available from: apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70914/1/9789241548434_eng.pdf‎ [accessed 7 February 2014]. - PubMed

[4] Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012. Available from: apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70914/1/9789241548434_eng.pdf‎ [accessed 7 February 2014]. - PubMed

[5] Bartlett LA, Berg CJ, Shulman HB, Zane SB, Green CA, Whitehead S, et al. Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 2004;103:729–37. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000116260.81570.60. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Bartlett LA, Berg CJ, Shulman HB, Zane SB, Green CA, Whitehead S, et al. Risk factors for legal induced abortion-related mortality in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 2004;103:729–37. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000116260.81570.60. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008 6th ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Available from: whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501118_eng.pdf [accessed 7 February 2014].

[8] Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008 6th ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Available from: whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501118_eng.pdf [accessed 7 February 2014].

[9] Abortion: a tabulation of available data on the frequency and mortality of unsafe abortion. 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1994. Available from: libdoc.who.int/hq/1990/WHO_MCH_90.14.pdf [accessed 7 February 2014].

[10] Abortion: a tabulation of available data on the frequency and mortality of unsafe abortion. 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1994. Available from: libdoc.who.int/hq/1990/WHO_MCH_90.14.pdf [accessed 7 February 2014].

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