Réduction de la mortalité maternelle - Dakar 2010 : Grossesse non désirée et avortement en contexte musulman. Unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions in Africa : strategies for change from within Muslim contexts.Conférence enregistrée dans le cadre du Colloque International Interdisciplinaire : Droit et Santé en Afrique. Réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Afrique Sub-saharienne, mieux comprendre pour mieux agir. 2ème Session : Grossesse non désirée. 21, 2 million unsafe ach year – affecting >100 million women during their reproductive lifetimes. 47000 deaths per year, 93% in Africa and South-central Asia. Over half of deaths are young women <24.Health Sector Impact - Treatment for unsafe abortion costs health systems up to $1 billion per year- OB/GYN hospital capacity often overwhelmed by post-abortion patients- Post-abortion care significantly more expensive than safe abortion (or contraception)- Unsafe abortion can also reflect the overall quality of health systems.What can be done: Strategies from within Muslim contexts- Analysis of medieval Arabic texts - Compiling supportive fatwas - Supporting women religious leaders - Legal and policy reform- Health system change- Networking across regions.Auteur: Leïla HESSINI – (Director, Community Engagement and Mobilization – IPAS)Organisé avec le partenariat de l’UMVF et le FSP mère-enfant du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. SCD Médecine.
Mot(s) clés libre(s) : Afrique, avortement, grossesse, islam, mortalité maternelle, RMM Dakar 2010