Expanding safer sex options: Introducing the female condom into national programmes

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 130-139

  Warren, Mitchell ^a   Philpott, Anne ^b  

^a Female Health Company   (United States)

^b Female Health Foundation   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brazil; Female condom; Ghana; HIV AIDS; Social marketing; South Africa; Strategic introduction; Training of service providers; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRATION; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAINING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037834404     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02178-5     Document Type: Article

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