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During the pandemic, maternal deaths increased in the United States. Yet these rates still pale in comparison to the high number of deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
Zim: Unsafe abortions are a major public health concern Date: January 20, 2021 By Muchaneta Chimuka Harare, 10 December: Unsafe abortion cases are rife among youth and adults in Zimbabwe owing to high medical costs, restrictive abortion laws and lack of or inadequate youth friendly clinics that offers sexual reproductive health services, negative attitudes by service providers towards patients, lack of knowledge on how and where to seek services among others. The 2020 #VoiceandChoice Barometer notes that 24% of all pregnancies in Southern Africa end in abortion. Although no Southern Afric...