“Confidence comes with frequent practice”: health professionals’ perceptions of using manual vacuum aspiration after a training program

Abstract Background Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with unsafe abortion as a major contributor. Curettage is most frequently used as the surgical method for treating incomplete abortions, even though it is costly for an impoverished health system and the less ex...

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Main Authors: Maria Lisa Odland, Gladys Membe-Gadama, Ursula Kafulafula, Jon Øyvind Odland, Elisabeth Darj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Reproductive Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-019-0683-z