Provision of injectable contraceptives in Ethiopia through community-based reproductive health agents
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Provision of injectable contraceptives in Ethiopia through community-based reproductive health agents.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether community-based health workers in a rural region of Ethiopia can provide injectable contraceptives to women with similar levels of safety, effectiveness and acceptability as health extension workers (HEWs). METHODS This was a prospective non-randomized community intervention trial designed to test the provision of injectable contraceptives by community-based rep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.11.086710