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Sub-Saharan Africa

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa has focused on documenting access to and use of contraceptives, calculating the regional and country-level public health benefits of meeting women’s reproductive health needs, and documenting adolescents’ needs for and access to sexual and reproductive health information and services. The Institute has also estimated the incidence of unsafe abortion at the national level for numerous countries in the region, as well as calculated the health, social and economic consequences of unsafe abortion. This work provides policymakers with evidence to inform effective family planning programs and offers policy recommendations to address unmet reproductive health needs.

View sexual and reproductive health research and analysis in your location

  • Fact Sheet

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide

  • Photo of woman with a green background with the words Adding It Up across the bottom
    Initiatives

    Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health

  • Policy Analysis

    Crisis on the Horizon: Devastating Losses for Global Reproductive Health Are Possible Due to COVID-19

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 16M

    unintended pregnancies could be prevented each year by providing comprehensive contraceptive care
  • 58M

    women have an unmet need for modern contraception
  • 80%

    reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in Africa

Resources

  • Self-Managed Misoprostal Abortions in Nigeria
    December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Women’s Experiences with Self-Managed Misoprostol Abortions in Lagos State, Nigeria

    Global

    • Abortion
  • October 2020 Fact Sheet

    Severe Maternal Outcomes and Obstetric Care in Kenya

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • September 2020 Research Article

    Classroom implementation of national sexuality education curricula in four low- and middle-income countries

    Sarah Keogh, Ellie Leong, Angélica Motta, Estelle M. Sidze, Ana Silvia Monzón and Joshua Amo-Adjei,Sex Education

    Global

    • Teens
  • September 2020 Fact Sheet

    Costs of Postabortion Care in Senegal

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2020 Research Article

    Incidence of maternal near-miss in Kenya in 2018: findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional study in 54 referral hospitals

    Onikepe Owolabi, Taylor Riley, Kenneth Juma , Michael M. Mutua, Zoe H. Pleasure , Joshua Amo-Adjei and Martin Bangha,Nature Research

    Global

    • Pregnancy
  • May 2020 Research Article

    Women’s self-reported experiences using misoprostol obtained from drug sellers: a prospective cohort study in Lagos State, Nigeria

    Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi, Adesegun O. Fatusi, Akanni I Akinyemi, Amanda Berry, Temitope P Erinfolami, Olalekan S Olagunju, Heini Väisänen and Akinrinola Bankole,BMJ Open

    Global

    • Abortion
  • May 2020 Fact Sheet

    Incidence of Abortion and Provision of Abortion-Related Services in Ghana

    Global

    • Abortion
  • April 2020 Research Article

    Investigating the early impact of the Trump Administration’s Global Gag Rule on sexual and reproductive health service delivery in Uganda

    Margaret Giorgio, Fredrick Makumbi, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Suzanne Bell, Selena Anjur-Dietrich and Elizabeth Sully,PLOS ONE

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • In low- and middle-income countries, a 10% drop in reproductive health care due to COVID-19 equals 49 million more women with unmet need for modern contraception
    April 2020 Infographic

    COVID-19 could have a catastrophic effect on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries

    Global

    • Abortion
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    • Teens
  • April 2020 Policy Analysis

    Crisis on the Horizon: Devastating Losses for Global Reproductive Health Are Possible Due to COVID-19

    Zara Ahmed and Lauren Cross

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy

    Global

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Fulfilling unmet need for contraception among Ugandan adolescents would help prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce unsafe abortion.

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