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Health care providers' perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi

Abstract Background In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save a pregnant woman's life. Treatment for complications after unsafe abortions has a massive impact on the already impoverished health care system. Even though manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) and misoprostol are the recommended treatment...

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Main Authors:	Cecilie Annette Wagenheim (Author), Hedda Savosnick (Author), Bertha Magreta Chakhame (Author), Elisabeth Darj (Author), Ursula Kalimembe Kafulafula (Author), Alfred Maluwa (Author), Jon Øyvind Odland (Author), Maria Lisa Odland (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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