Reference.

Country.

Focus of study.

Type of study.

Sample.

Population.

Qualitative.

Smith SS. The Challenges Procuring of Safe Abortion Care in Botswana. African journal of reproductive health. 2013; 17(4).

Botswana.

Factors that make terminating an unwanted pregnancy difficult.

Semi structured

interviews.

n = 21

Women and 4 men from the community, 1 human rights lawyer and 1 gynecologist.

Ouédraogo R, Sundby J. Social determinants and access to induced abortion in Burkina Faso: from two case studies. Obstetrics and gynecology international. 2014; 2014.

Burkina Faso.

Social determinants of the type of clandestine abortion women are likely to access and the time taken to effective abortion.

Review of cases from in-depth interviews.

n = 2

Women in post-abortion care.

Hung SL. Access to safe and legal abortion for teenage women from deprived backgrounds in Hong Kong. Reprod Health Matter. 2010; 18(36): 102-10.

Hong Kong, China*

Experience of teenage women from deprived backgrounds who looks for an abortion.

In depth interviews and focus groups.

n = 29

Young women from deprived backgrounds seeking abortion.

Schwandt HM, Creanga

AA, Adanu RM, Danso KA, Agbenyega T, Hindin MJ. Pathways to unsafe abortion in Ghana: the role of male partners, women and health care providers. Contraception.

2013; 88(4): 509-17.

Ghana.

Pathways to unsafe abortion and the role male partners and health care providers.

In-depth interviews and 3 focus groups.

n = 58

Female post-abortion patients with complications of unsafe abortion, male partners, family planning nurses and obstetricians/gynecologists.

Aniteye P, Mayhew SH. Shaping legal abortion provision in Ghana: using policy theory to understand provider-related obstacles to policy implementation. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2013; 11(1):23.

Ghana.

Reasons for poor implementation of the abortion policy.

In depth

Interviews.

n = 76

Health professionals (Ob/gyn, midwives, pharmacists and other)

Potdar P, Barua A, Dalvie S, Pawar A. “If a woman has even one daughter, I refuse to perform the abortion”: Sex determination and safe abortion in India. Reprod Health Matter. 2015; 23(45): 114-25.

India.

Interactions of private medical practitioners with the regulatory machinery and reasons for refusal to provide abortion services.

In depth interviews.

n = 19

Gynecologists.

Tong WT, Low WY, Wong YL, Choong SP, Jegasothy R. Exploring pregnancy termination experiences and needs among Malaysian women: A qualitative study. BMC public health. 2012; 12(1): 743.

Malaysia.

Experiences of women and needs with regard to abortion.

Semi structured interviews.

n = 31

Women who had previous abortions.

Puri M, Lamichhane P, Harken T, Blum M, Harper CC, Darney PD, et al. “Sometimes they used to whisper in our ears”: health care workers’ perceptions of the effects of abortion legalization in Nepal. BMC public health. 2012; 12(1): 297.

Nepal.

Health care workers’ views of abortion legalization.

In depth interviews.

n = 35

Health care workers.

Harries J, Stinson K, Orner P. Health care providers' attitudes towards termination of pregnancy: A qualitative study in South Africa. BMC public health. 2009; 9(1): 296.

South Africa

Knowledge, attitudes and opinions of health service providers.

In depth interviews and focus groups.

n = 34

Health care workers related to abortion provision.

Gallo MF, Nghia NC. Real life is different: a qualitative study of why women delay abortion until the second trimester in Vietnam. Soc Sci Med. 2007; 64(9): 1812-22.

Vietnam.

Determinants of delaying obtaining abortion until the second trimester.

Semi structured interviews.

n = 66

Women looking for second-trimester abortion and abortion providers.