Abstract
Reducing Maternal Mortality Through the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and Their Complications in Cameroon
Highlights
Publication History: Cameroon is a country in Central Africa with a population of 22 millions of which 52% is made up of women and has a surface area of 475,442 km2.Maternal mortality in this country has evolved from 454 per 100.000 LB in 1991 to 669 per 100.000 LB in 1998 and since 2011; it has remained at 782 per 100.000 LB until date.In 1994 WHO estimated that there were 20,000,000 unsafe abortions per year in the world with about 70.000 maternal deaths from complications of these abortions.The major direct obstetrical causes of maternal mortality are: 1. Hemorrhage (25%); 2
About 22% of couples in need of family planning methods do not have access to them in Cameroon
Besides 97% of all unsafe abortions occur in developing countries while only 12.5% of unsafe abortions occur in developed countries without abortion laws restrictions
Summary
Publication History: Cameroon is a country in Central Africa with a population of 22 millions of which 52% is made up of women and has a surface area of 475,442 km[2]. We must emphasize that service providers are not well trained on matters of abortions and their complications Despite these factors the real incidence of induces abortions is difficult to estimate in countries with very limited access to abortions because of the restrictive laws like Cameroon. Ensuring good counseling after evacuation of the uterus, followed by the administration of a reliable, chosen method of post abortion contraception, preferably a long acting reversible method (LARC) which is given before the client leaves the facility This management must be accompanied with a reduction of cost of reproductive health services and family planning services. These modern techniques require training and mentoring as well as being authorized by the legal code of the country concerned
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