Provision of injectable contraceptives in Ethiopia through community-based reproductive health agents;Fourniture de contraceptifs injectables en Éthiopie par le biais des agents communautaires de santé reproductive

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 556-564

  Prata, Ndola ^a   Gessessew, Amanuel ^b   Cartwright, Alice ^c   Fraser, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics   (Ethiopia)

^c Venture Strategies Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION; TRAINING;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOTTING; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79960998461     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.086710     Document Type: Article

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