Scaling up family planning to reduce maternal and child mortality: The potential costs and benefits of modern contraceptive use in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chola, Lumbwe ^a   McGee, Shelley ^a   Tugendhaft, Aviva ^a   Buchmann, Eckhart ^b   Hofman, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MALE STERILIZATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937020227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130077     Document Type: Article

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