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 inte...

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Main Authors: Ndola Prata, Amanuel Gessessew, Alice Cartwright, Ashley Fraser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2011-08-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000800008&lng=en&tlng=en