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Achieving success with family planning in rural Afghanistan

Author(s) -

Douglas Huber,

Nika Saeedi,

Abdul Khalil Samadi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.08.059410

Subject(s) - family planning , afghan , medicine , public health , population , breastfeeding , rural area , developing country , reproductive health , economic growth , environmental health , nursing , political science , pediatrics , law , economics , research methodology , pathology

Afghan women have one of the world's highest lifetime risks of maternal death. Years of conflict have devastated the country's health infrastructure. Total fertility was one of the world's highest, contraceptive use was low and there were no Afghan models of success for family planning.

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