• May 30, 2014

In 2012, approximately 18,000 Rwandan women required treatment for complications resulting from unsafe abortion, costing an estimated $1.7 million. The finding comes in a new study, “The Health System Cost of Post-Abortion Care in Rwanda,” by researchers at the Guttmacher Institute, the University of Rwanda’s School of Public Health and the Rwandan Ministry of Health. The cost of treating complications from unsafe procedures was approximately 11% of total public spending on reproductive health, representing a significant drain on the country’s scarce health resources.