Integration of post-abortion care: The role of township medical officers and midwives in Myanmar

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Htay, Thein Thein ^a   Sauvarin, Josephine ^b   Khan, Saba ^b  

^a Matern Child Hlth/Birth Spacing S   (Myanmar)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Contraception and unplanned pregnancy; Decentralisation of services; Integration of services; Myanmar; Post abortion care; Training of service providers

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRACEPTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDWIFE; MYANMAR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0037834486     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02170-0     Document Type: Article

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