Session 34:
The Cost of Unsafe Abortion in Developing Countries
Chair: Janie Benson, Ipas
Discussant: Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago
Documenting the Cost of Abortion in Colombia: A Comparison of Costs in the Provision of Postabortion Care and of Legal Abortions Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Guttmacher Institute ; Fatima Juarez, El Colegio de México ; Elena Prada, Guttmacher Institute
Documenting the Economic Cost of Unsafe Abortion among Post-Abortion Care Patients in Uganda Aparna Sundaram, Guttmacher Institute ; Michael Vlassoff, Guttmacher Institute ; Leo Amanya, Independent Researcher ; Tsuyoshi Onda, Guttmacher Institute ; Charles Kiggundu, Makerere University ; Florence Mirembe, Makerere University
The Cost to the Health System of Unsafe Abortion in Rwanda Michael Vlassoff, Guttmacher Institute ; Sabine Musange Furere, National University of Rwanda ; Ina Kalisa, National University of Rwanda
Non-Physician Providers and Comprehensive Abortion Care: The Case of Tigray, Ethiopia Ndola Prata, University of California, Berkeley ; Divya Vohra, University of California, Berkeley ; Amanuel Guessessew, Tigrai Health Bureau ; Martine Holston, Venture Strategies
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