Armed Conflict and Pregnancy Termination: Evidence from Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: The mental and physical toll of conflict-related stressors-such as safety concerns, food insecurity, and loss of income-may have significant and deleterious impacts on birth outcomes among pregnant women. Armed conflict disrupts people's lives, often limiting access to essential resources and healthcare services (e.g., abortion-related healthcare). We investigated the relationship between armed conflict and pregnancy termination among pregnant women (aged 15-49) in Burkina Faso using health data from the Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) project and armed conflict event data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Project (UCDP). We found that pregnancies exposed to armed conflict in the first trimester were less likely to end in pregnancy termination compared to pregnancies that were not exp

SUBMITTER: Luetke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360636 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature