UTILIZATION OF ROBOTICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

Unsafe abortion is a persistent, preventable pandemic. WHO defines unsafe abortion as a procedure for terminating an unintended pregnancy either by individuals without the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimum medical standards, or both.1?

References

1 World Health Organization. The prevention and management of unsafe abortion. Report of a Technical Working Group. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1992/WHO_MSM_92.5.pdf (accessed July 6, 2006).

Unsafe abortion mainly endangers women in developing countries where abortion is highly restricted by law and countries where, although legally permitted, safe abortion is not easily accessible. In these settings, women faced with an unintended pregnancy often self-induce abortions or obtain clandestine abortions from medical practitioners, paramedical workers, or traditional healers. 2 Twenty-four percent of the doctors reported that they routinely terminate unwanted pregnancies when requested to do so by women, while 82% reported that they frequently treat women who experience complications of unsafe abortion. Over 45% reported that they use manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for the