The Impact of a Regional Family Planning Service Promotion Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Cameroon

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 186-193

  Babalola, Stella ^a   Vondrasek, Claudia ^b   Brown, Jane ^a   Traoré, Regina ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S Familiale et Prev du SIDA Proj   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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EID: 0347156322     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2673854     Document Type: Article

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