Family planning in sub-Saharan Africa: Progress or stagnation?;Planning familial en Afrique subsaharienne: Progrès ou stagnation?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Cleland, John G ^a   Ndugwa, Robert P ^a   Zulu, Eliya M ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; WOMENS HEALTH;

AFRICA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIED WOMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79551675536     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.077925     Document Type: Review

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