Operationalising sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa: Constraints, dilemmas and strategies

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Oronje, Rose ^a,b   Crichton, Joanna ^c   Theobald, Sally ^d   Lithur, Nana ^e   Ibisomi, Latifat ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LEADERSHIP; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HEALTH;

EID: 83755196442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-11-S3-S8     Document Type: Article

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