An assessment of postabortion care in three regions in Ethiopia, 2000 to 2004

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Fetters, Tamara ^a   Solomon Tesfaye, ^b   Clark, Kathryn Andersen ^c  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b Ipas Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Postabortion care; Training

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKILL; TRAINING; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

EID: 40649096300     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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