India, March 11 -- Policy barriers in many countries in southern Africa need to be removed to stop unsafe abortions, improve women's health

Civil society organisations (CSO) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region are engaged in collaborative efforts to review abortion care legislation in a bid to protect over 25 million unsafe abortions that currently occur each year around the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.

The Southern Africa AIDS Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is leading an SADC-wide 'My Choice, Our Choice' campaign for legislation to enable safe abortion.

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