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March 23, 2026Conflict and HealthOpen Access

Estimating abortion incidence and unintended pregnancy among adolescents living in refugee settlements in Uganda

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SKStephanie KüngMGMargaret GiorgioPKPeter Kisaakye

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This analysis estimates abortion rates and unintended pregnancies in adolescents, indicating urgent needs for reproductive health services in refugee settings.

Key Points

  • The aim is to estimate the rates of abortion and unintended pregnancy among adolescents in refugee settlements in Uganda.
  • Utilized an age-specific variant of the Abortion Incidence Complications Method (AICM) modified for refugee settings.
  • Conducted three surveys: Health Facilities Survey, Knowledgeable Informant Survey, and Prospective Morbidity Survey in 2023.
  • Applied chi-squared tests to assess differences in reproductive health outcomes between adolescents and non-adolescents.
  • Adolescents aged 15–19 in refugee settlements have an abortion rate of 19.7 per 1,000 women.
  • Among sexually active adolescents, the adjusted abortion rate is 89.0 per 1,000 women.
  • Over half of pregnancies among adolescent refugees are unintended at 57.2%.
  • Only 40.6% of unintended pregnancies in this group lead to abortion, the lowest compared to other women of reproductive age.

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Küng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c0e029fddb9876e79c1abdhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-026-00782-5
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