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Réduction de la mortalité maternelle - Dakar 2010 : Grossesse non désirée en contexte musulman

Réduction de la mortalité maternelle - Dakar 2010 : Grossesse non désirée et avortement en contexte musulman. Unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions in Africa : strategies for change from within Muslim contexts.

Conférence enregistrée dans le cadre du Colloque International Interdisciplinaire : Droit et Santé en Afrique. Réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Afrique Sub-saharienne, mieux comprendre pour mieux agir.

2ème Session : Grossesse non désirée.

21, 2 million unsafe ach year – affecting >100 million women during their reproductive lifetimes. 47000 deaths per year, 93% in Africa and South-central Asia. Over half of deaths are young women <24.
Health Sector Impact
- Treatment for unsafe abortion costs health systems up to $1 billion per year
- OB/GYN hospital capacity often overwhelmed by post-abortion patients
- Post-abortion care significantly more expensive than safe abortion (or contraception)
- Unsafe abortion can also reflect the overall quality of health systems.
What can be done: Strategies from within Muslim contexts
- Analysis of medieval Arabic texts
- Compiling supportive fatwas
- Supporting women religious leaders
- Legal and policy reform
- Health system change
- Networking across regions.

Auteur: Leïla HESSINI – (Director, Community Engagement and Mobilization – IPAS)

Organisé avec le partenariat de l’UMVF et le FSP mère-enfant du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères.

SCD Médecine.