Unsafe abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study of abortion complication severity and associated factors.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on February 15, 2015

Authors

Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba1, Chimaraoke Izugbara2, Brooke A Levandowski3, Hailemichael Gebreselassie4, Michael Mutua5, Shukri F Mohamed6, Caroline Egesa7, Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage8

Author Affiliations

1: African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa road, Kitisuru, P.O. Box 10787-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. akziraba@yahoo.com.
2: African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa road, Kitisuru, P.O. Box 10787-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. cizugbara@aphrc.org.
3: Ipas, P.O. Box 9990, Chapel Hill, NC, 27515, USA. levandowskib@ipas.org.
4: Ipas, P.O. Box 9990, Chapel Hill, NC, 27515, USA. gebreselassieh@ipas.org.
5: African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa road, Kitisuru, P.O. Box 10787-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. mmutua@aphrc.org.
6: African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa road, Kitisuru, P.O. Box 10787-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. smohamed@aphrc.org.
7: African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa road, Kitisuru, P.O. Box 10787-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. carlyn.egesa@gmail.com.
8: African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa road, Kitisuru, P.O. Box 10787-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. ekimani@aphrc.org.

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