The case for investing in family planning in the Pacific: Costs and benefits of reducing unmet need for contraception in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kennedy, Elissa C ^a,b   Mackesy Buckley, Sean ^c   Subramaniam, Sumi ^c   Demmke, Andreas ^d   Latu, Rufina ^e   Robertson, Annette Sachs ^f   Tiban, Kabwea ^g   Tokon, Apisai ^h   Luchters, Stanley ^a,b,i,j  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Family Planning International   (New Zealand)

^d Independent Consultant Population and Development   (Cook Islands)

^e Health Systems Development   (Vanuatu)

^f UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^g Oceania Region ^*  (Fiji)

^h Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Adolescent Fertility; Contraception; Economic Development; Family planning; Infant Health; Population; Women's Health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOLOMON ISLANDS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VANUATU;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANESIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; VANUATU;

EID: 84878718061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-30     Document Type: Article

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