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East
Timor,
also known as Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast
Asia. East Timor is a lower-middle-income economy.[5] It
continues to suffer the aftereffects of a decades-long independence struggle against Indonesia,
which damaged infrastructure and displaced thousands of civilians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor.
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Link to Full Article: Timor-Leste:
Lifesaving Lessons in Childbirth
Timor-Leste
also has one of the highest fertility rates in the world - an average of 7.8
children per woman and a population of about 1.1 million - and yet according to
government statistics, only 37.3 percent of births in 2007 were attended by
skilled midwives. Furthermore, about 80 percent of women deliver at home.......
Lifesaving
services provided by a trained health professional in a well-equipped facility,
is vital to Timor-Leste, where maternal deaths number about 380 per 100,000
live births, according to the latest UN and World Bank estimates........
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Direct Link to Full 80-Page Report: http://www.cdu.edu.au/gshp/documents/MaternalMortalityFinalReport2009.pdf
Timor has one of the highest fertility rates in the world and related deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth. The law regulating termination of pregnancy in Timor-Leste is highly restrictive and women cannot request elective abortion for any reason – not even to preserve their health or save their life. There has been no research conducted on unsafe abortion since Timor-Leste's independence from Indonesia. The Ministry of Justice and the Office for Promotion of Equality is concerned at the level of maternal deaths and requires quality data from which to promulgate law and policy which will benefit the women of East Timor. This study describes the context of unplanned and unwanted pregnancy and fertility management, as well as investigating and canvassing a way forward.
Research areas investigated:
Research methods for collating data included:
Key findings of the study in relation to induced abortion:
Research Team:
Belton, S., Whittaker, A., Barclay, L.
The East Timorese women’s NGO, Alola Foundation, collaborated with the researchers to implement this study.
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