Expanding Access to Postabortion Care in Nigeria

This video provides key information about postabortion care services in Nigeria, including women’s experiences with unsafe abortion, who can access post abortion care, and what can be done to expand access to postabortion care. The conclusions are drawn from surveys of Nigerian women conducted by Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) between 2018 and 2020.

Date published: August 11, 2021

Areas of Expertise
- Population Dynamics and Planning
Regions
- Western Africa
Resource Types
- Video

October 2, 2020

Training Tool

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Glossary of Demographic Terms

– A – Abortion Rate The number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 or 15-49 in a given year. Abortion Ratio The number of abortions per 1,000 live births in a given year.

August 10, 2018

Training Tool

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Lesson Plans on Human Population and Demographic Studies

Find out the answers to these questions and more. The sections listed below explore eight elements of population dynamics.

December 2, 2009

Interactive

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PRB Discuss Online: Population and Climate Change, What Is the Link?

(2009) Climate change may adversely affect the population in many parts of the globe, in particular in developing countries where there is still substantial population growth.

May 29, 2009

Past Presentation

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PRB Discuss Online: How Family Planning Can Save More Lives

(June 2009) Family planning saves the lives of millions of women and infants every year in developing countries. But it could save many more.

December 1, 2001

Article

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Report. Population Trends and Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa

(2001) The people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long played an integral, if sometimes volatile, role in the history of human civilization.

December 1, 2001

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Population Trends and Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa

(2001) The people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long played an integral, if sometimes volatile, role in the history of human civilization.