Abortion Care in Nepal, 15 Years after Legalization: Gaps in Access, Equity, and Quality

. 2017 Jun;19(1):221-230.

Abortion Care in Nepal, 15 Years after Legalization: Gaps in Access, Equity, and Quality

Wan-Ju Wu¹, Sheela Maru², Kiran Regmi³, Indira Basnett⁴

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¹ Family planning/global women's health fellow at Possible in Nepal and at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.
² Women's health advisor at Possible in Nepal, an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, and a research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.
³ Special secretary at Nepal's Ministry of Health.
⁴ Nepal Health Sector Support Programme in Nepal.

PMID: 28630554
PMCID: PMC5473051

Abortion Care in Nepal, 15 Years after Legalization: Gaps in Access, Equity, and Quality

Wan-Ju Wu et al. Health Hum Rights. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;19(1):221-230.

Authors

Wan-Ju Wu¹, Sheela Maru², Kiran Regmi³, Indira Basnett⁴

Affiliations

¹ Family planning/global women's health fellow at Possible in Nepal and at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.
² Women's health advisor at Possible in Nepal, an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, and a research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.
³ Special secretary at Nepal's Ministry of Health.
⁴ Nepal Health Sector Support Programme in Nepal.

PMID: 28630554
PMCID: PMC5473051

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Competing interests: All authors have read and understood Health and Human Rights’ competing interests policy, and we declare that we have no competing interests.

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[1] Supreme Court of Nepal. Lakshmi Dhikta v. Government of Nepal. 2009 https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/docu... Writ petition no. WO-0757, 2067. Available at.

[2] Supreme Court of Nepal. Lakshmi Dhikta v. Government of Nepal. 2009 https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/docu... Writ petition no. WO-0757, 2067. Available at.

[3] Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) Women in prison in Nepal for abortion: A study on the implications of restrictive abortion law on women’s social status and health. Kathmandu: CREHPA; 2002.

Puri M., Chaudhary P. Situational analysis of unsafe abortion in Nepal. Kathmandu: Family Health Division/Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; 2008. www.figo.org/sites/default/files/NEPAL.doc Available at.

[4] Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) Women in prison in Nepal for abortion: A study on the implications of restrictive abortion law on women’s social status and health. Kathmandu: CREHPA; 2002.

[5] Puri M., Chaudhary P. Situational analysis of unsafe abortion in Nepal. Kathmandu: Family Health Division/Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; 2008. www.figo.org/sites/default/files/NEPAL.doc Available at.

[6] CREHPA. Unsafe abortion: Nepal country profile. Kathmandu: CREHPA; 2006.

[7] CREHPA. Unsafe abortion: Nepal country profile. Kathmandu: CREHPA; 2006.

[8] Basnett I., Andersen K., Neupane S., et al. Pathways to safe abortion Nepal. Chapel Hill, NC: Ipas; 2011.

[9] Basnett I., Andersen K., Neupane S., et al. Pathways to safe abortion Nepal. Chapel Hill, NC: Ipas; 2011.

[10] Thapa P., Thapa S., Shrestha N. “A hospital-based study of abortion in Nepal,”. Studies in Family Planning. 1992;23(5):311–318. - PubMed

[11] Thapa P., Thapa S., Shrestha N. “A hospital-based study of abortion in Nepal,”. Studies in Family Planning. 1992;23(5):311–318. - PubMed

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