Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 27-36 , May 2003

Integration of Post-Abortion Care: The Role of Township Medical Officers and Midwives in Myanmar

  • Thein Thein Htay

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Director, Maternal Child Health/Birth Spacing Section, Department of Health, Yangon, Myanmar
    • ,
  • Josephine Sauvarin

      Affiliations

    • Programme Associate, Population Council, Bangkok, Thailand
    • ,
  • Saba Khan

      Affiliations

    • Programme Officer, Population Council, Bangkok, Thailand

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PII: S0968-8080(03)02170-0

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02170-0

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 27-36 , May 2003

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