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Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of mortality, morbidity and long term disability related to pregnancy and childbirth. Effective interventions to prevent and treat PPH exist and can largely reduce the burden of this life-threatening…

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This report presents global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008. An estimated 21.6 million unsafe abortions took place worldwide in 2008, almost all in developing countries.