Contraceptive use among Malawian women 1992 – 2004
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Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Malawian Women.
(1) In 2013, an estimated 54% of pregnancies in Malawi were unintended. (2) More than four in 10 women have an unmet need for modern contraception—that is, they want to avoid pregnancy, but either are not practicing contraception or are using a relatively ineffective traditional method. (3) Meeting just half of this unmet need would prevent 213,000 unintended pregnancies annually, which would r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Malawi Medical Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1995-7262
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v20i3.10963