Macha Swebby, Muyuni Mutinta, Nkonde Scholastica, Faúndes Anibal
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lusaka University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lusaka University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jul;126 Suppl 1:S49-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.010. Epub 2014 Mar 30.
The Zambian Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics is one of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) member societies participating in the FIGO Initiative for the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences from the East, Central, and Southern Africa region. The activities included in this country's plan of action were to provide access to safe abortion within the full extent of the law to women receiving care at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, and to increase the proportion of women leaving the hospital with a contraceptive method. Zambian law regarding abortion is liberal, but in general it was not applied until very recently. The proportion of legal terminations of pregnancy among patients receiving abortion care at the hospital increased from 3.2% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2011, while the percentage of women leaving the hospital with a contraceptive method increased from 25.3% to 69.4% over the same period.
赞比亚妇产科协会是国际妇产科联合会（FIGO）的成员协会之一，参与了FIGO在东非、中非和南非地区预防不安全堕胎及其后果的倡议。该国行动计划中包括的活动有，在法律允许的全部范围内，为在卢萨卡大学教学医院接受治疗的妇女提供安全堕胎服务，并提高出院时采用避孕方法的妇女比例。赞比亚关于堕胎的法律较为宽松，但总体上直到最近才开始实施。在该医院接受堕胎护理的患者中，合法终止妊娠的比例从2009年的3.2%上升至2011年的7.7%，而同期出院时采用避孕方法的妇女比例则从25.3%增至69.4%。
