Unmet need for family planning: Past achievements and remaining challenges

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-16

  Cleland, John ^a   Machiyama, Kazuyo ^a  

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

Author keywords

fertility; unintended pregnancy; unmet need for family planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84920736190     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395273     Document Type: Article

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