Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 130-139 , May 2003

Expanding Safer Sex Options: Introducing the Female Condom into National Programmes

  • Mitchell Warren

      Affiliations

    • Director, International Affairs, Female Health Company, Nyack NY, USA
    • ,
  • Anne Philpott

      Affiliations

    • International Programme Manager, Female Health Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02178-5

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 130-139 , May 2003

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