Family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa (English)

In the 1980s, signs that sub-Saharan Africans would welcome family planning in numbers sufficient to make a difference in fertility rates were scattered and weak. Pessimists cited formidable cultural and socioeconomic barriers; optimists provided resources for pilot projects, coupled with research to document results and to guide expansion and replication. Among projects with measurable achievements in acceptance of family planning in settings that...

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McNamara, Regina;

McGinn, Therese;

Lauro, Donald;

R;
Document Date
1992/10/31
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1004
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
Midwives

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McNamara, Regina; McGinn, Therese; Lauro, Donald; R.

Family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa (English). Policy, Research working papers ; no. WPS 1004. Population, health, and nutrition Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/856841468740168218

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