“I will never wish this pain to even my worst enemy”: Lived experiences of pain associated with manual vacuum aspiration during post-abortion care in Kenya

• Ramatou Ouedraogo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rouedraogo@aphrc.org

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Valleria Obure,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Grace Kimemia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Anne Achieng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Mercy Kadzo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jane Shirima,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Shilla Unda Dama,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Shelmith Wanjiru,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jonna Both

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rutgers, Utrecht, Netherlands

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