### Summary box In the advent of safe methods, access to information and trained providers, abortion has become a very safe procedure; however, unsafe abortions continue to persist in many parts of the world. Unsafe abortions account for half of all abortions globally, with the majority occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and Caribbean (LAC).1 Severe abortion-related complications arise from least safe abortions.1 Between 2008 and 2013, it was estimated that approximately 10% of maternal deaths are attributable to abortion-related causes in sub-Saharan Africa and LAC2; however, studies exploring abortion morbidity and mortality including management of these complications have been limited or varied in estimations of the complications limiting comparability as there has been a lack of standard definitions, identification criteria and measurement tools. Since the early 2000s, WHO/HRP has been conducting a series of WHO Multi-Country Studies (MCSs) on maternal and newborn health across multiple countries and health facilities globally.3–5 Using …

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提高堕胎护理的安全性和质量需要什么：来自世卫组织/HRP 多国研究的反思撒哈拉以南非洲和拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的堕胎

### 摘要框随着安全方法的出现、获取信息和训练有素的提供者的出现，堕胎已成为一种非常安全的程序；然而，不安全堕胎在世界许多地方继续存在。不安全堕胎占全球所有堕胎的一半，其中大多数发生在撒哈拉以南非洲和拉丁美洲和加勒比地区 (LAC)。1 严重的堕胎相关并发症源于最不安全的堕胎。1 在 2008 年至 2013 年期间，据估计，在撒哈拉以南非洲和拉丁美洲和加勒比地区，大约 10% 的孕产妇死亡可归因于堕胎相关原因；然而，由于缺乏标准定义，探索流产发病率和死亡率的研究（包括这些并发症的管理）在对限制可比性的并发症的估计方面受到限制或变化，识别标准和测量工具。自 2000 年代初以来，世卫组织/HRP 一直在全球多个国家和卫生机构开展一系列关于孕产妇和新生儿健康的世卫组织多国研究 (MCS)。3-5 使用……