Mphatso Mwapasa

2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Study Design, Population and Sites Details on the study design, population and sites were described in detail in the previous publication of our study [16]. In brief, this cross-sectional study of pregnant women and their offspring was conducted in the southern region of Malawi, and study participants were recruited between August 2020 and July 2021.

Results We reviewed 865 treatment records of women who were managed for first-trimester incomplete abortion: 421 before and 444 after the intervention. Of the 865 records, 285 were from the two control sites; 139 of these were at baseline and 146 at the end of the intervention. The remaining 580 records were from the three intervention sites; 282 were at baseline and 298 at the end of the study (table 1).