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Singh, Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Vlassoff et al.

Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Michael Vlassoff, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan, Meghan Ingerick, The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures and Abortion in Bangladesh, 2014, International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 2017), pp. 1-11

Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan et al.

CONTEXT: Bangladesh is unique in including menstrual regulation (MR) services as part of the government family planning program, despite having a highly restrictive abortion law. The only national estimates of MR and abortion incidence are from a 1995 study, and updated information is needed to info...

Susheela Singh, Josefina V. Cabigon, Altaf Hossain, H Kamal et al.

Susheela Singh, Josefina V. Cabigon, Altaf Hossain, Haidary Kamal, Aurora E. Perez, Estimating the Level of Abortion in the Philippines and Bangladesh, International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Sep., 1997), pp. 100-107+144

Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Jacqueline E. Darroch

With the exception of sub-Saharan Africa, fertility has declined substantially in all regions of the developing world. The fertility decline, which started in Latin America and Asia in the 1960s, progressed rapidly through the decades that followed, reaching close to replacement level in these two r...

Michael Vlassoff, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Susheela Singh et al.

n In 20 10, an estimated 653,000 menstrual regulation (MR) procedures were performed in Bangladesh. In addition, there were 647,000 induced abortions, the large majority unsafe. n About 1 2% of MR clients—or 78,000 women—were treated for complications, a rate many times higher than expected if manua...

A.S.M. Tasaddoque Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Susheela Singh, L. Remez

Maternal mortality has declined considerably in Bangladesh over the past few decades. Some of that decline--though precisely how much cannot be quantified--is likely attributable to the country's menstrual regulation program,which allows women to establish nonpregnancy safely after a missed period a...

Susheela Singh, Renée Samara

This study examines trends in first marriage consensual unions and cohabiting unions among adolescents. Data were obtained for 40 countries from Demographic and Health Surveys. Marriage timing was grouped for the proportion of all women aged 20-24 years who married by ages 15 18 and 20 years. Women ...

Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow‐Zimet, Meghan Ingerick, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan et al.

Noreen Goldman, Shea O. Rutstein, Susheela Singh

This report summarizes the results of internal consistency checks on quality and external comparisons with recent data for all 41 World Fertility Surveys (WFS). Common sources of error are identified in 4 areas: age reporting nuptiality fertility and infant and child mortality. Survey results were m...

Introduction: Abortion in a Changing World by John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldwell Abortion: A World-Wide Overview by Susheela Singh, Stanley K. Henshaw, and Kathleen Bernsten The Challenge of Induced Abortion Research: A Transdisciplinary Perspective by Axel I. Mundigo Demographic Research and Abortio...

Susheela Singh, Sandra G. García, Agnès Guillaume, Friday Okonofua et al.

Unsafe abortion continues to be an important factor affecting women's reproductive lives and survival in the developing world, where 98% of all unsafe abortions occur [1]. It has not declined in recent years, continuing at an annual rate of 16 per 1000 women of reproductive age in the developing wor...

Susheela Singh, Pat Platridis

The 1st 19 country surveys for the WFS (World Fertility Survey) have been compiled and published. This report describes the characteristics of the survey samples the questionnaires used the type of field work performed the degree of privacy obtained for the interview and the response rates for both ...