Building on safety, feasibility, and acceptability: The impact and Cost of community health worker provision of injectable contraception

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 316-327

  Chin Quee, Dawn ^a   Bratt, John ^a   Malkin, Morrisa ^a   Nduna, Mavis Mwale ^a   Otterness, Conrad ^a   Jumbe, Lydia ^b   Mbewe, Reuben Kamoto ^c  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b United Nations Children's Fund Zambia   (Zambia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

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EID: 84940491205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00025     Document Type: Article

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