Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 57-64 , May 2008

A Basic Package of Health Services for Post-Conflict Countries: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

  • Bayard Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Research Fellow, Conflict and Health Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • ,
  • Samantha Guy

      Affiliations

    • Senior Advisor on Reproductive Health in Refugee Settings, RAISE Initiative, Marie Stopes International, London, UK
    • ,
  • Egbert Sondorp

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Humanitarian Aid, Conflict and Health Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • ,
  • Louise Lee-Jones

      Affiliations

    • Project Manager, Marie Stopes International, London, UK

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 57-64 , May 2008

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