Making family planning accessible in resource-poor settings

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1532, 2009, Pages 3093-3099

  Prata, Ndola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to services; Contraception; Family planning; Fertility regulation; Resource poor settings; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC ACCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA;

EID: 70350440517     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0172     Document Type: Article

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