Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 83-92 , May 2008

Conflict and Development: Challenges in Responding to Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Timor-Leste

  • Kayli Wayte

      Affiliations

    • Research Associate, Menzies School of Health Research and Graduate School for Health Practice, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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  • Anthony B Zwi

      Affiliations

    • Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Suzanne Belton

      Affiliations

    • Research Fellow, Graduate School of Health Practice, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
    • ,
  • Joao Martins

      Affiliations

    • PhD scholar, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Nelson Martins

      Affiliations

    • Minister for Health, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
    • ,
  • Anna Whelan

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Paul M Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor and Director, Masters of Applied Epidemiology Program, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31355-X

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 83-92 , May 2008

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