How research can affect policy and programme advocacy: Example from a three-country study on abortion complications in sub-Saharan Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Kinoti, S N ^a   Gaffikin, L ^a   Benson, J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 2342466847     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i2.9127     Document Type: Review

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