First Author | Country of study | Study type and aim | Study outcomes |
Udoh, 2016. | Nigeria | Systematic review + Metanalysis: Septic abortion | No evidence that one antibiotic was better than another in treatment. |
Aanties, 2018. | 14 countries from Africa. | Systematic review of PAC | Gaps of PAC services: Quality, access to rural women, knowledge, teenagers. |
Barnard, 2015. | South Africa + 3 others | Systematic review: PAC and level of HCP | Safety and effectiveness in PAC methods were the same for MWs and MDs. |
Okusanya, 2014. | Nigeria | Systematic review: RCT on PAC-IUD | Moderate evidence supports the safety of immediate PAC-IUD insertion. |
Berer, 2009. | Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa. | Literature review: role of trained mid-level staff in PAC | Authorize qualified trained mid-level staff to offer first trimester abortion/PAC using misoprostol and MVA. |
Makenzius, 2017. | Kenya | RCT: MWs and MD on misoprostol use. | Equal treatment outcomes (effectiveness and safety) in 2 groups. |
Dao, 2007. | Burkina Faso | RCT: misoprostol versus MVA in PAC. | Equal safety and effectiveness of misoprostol and MVA PAC. |
Benson, 2018. | 3 Asian and 5 African countries (Zambia, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia) | Program evaluation by IPAS on quality training in FP | Uptake of modern FP (73%). Highest when delivered at the time of PAC. |
Benson, 2017. | 5 Asian and 5 African countries (Zambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Uganda) | Program evaluation IPAS quality training and lifting cost to FP | Uptake of modern FP (77%). Choices: OCP, condom, injectable. Adolescents less likely to leave HF with an FP method. |