Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 14-17 , May 2008

Who is Excluded When Abortion Access is Restricted to Twelve Weeks? Evidence from Maputo, Mozambique

  • Momade Bay Ustá

      Affiliations

    • Senior Obstetrician−Gynaecologist; Faculty Member, Eduardo Modalane University School of Medicine, Maputo, Mozambique
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  • Ellen MH Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Ellen MH Mitchell, formerly Senior Research and Evaluation Associate, Ipas, Chapel Hill NC, USA
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  • Hailemichael Gebreselassie

      Affiliations

    • Senior Research Advisor for Africa, Ipas, Nairobi, Kenya
    • ,
  • Eunice Brookman-Amissah

      Affiliations

    • Vice President for Africa, Ipas, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Amata Kwizera

      Affiliations

    • Psychologist and public health student; formerly Ipas Study Coordinator, Maputo, Mozambique

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PII: S0968-8080(08)31386-X

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31386-X

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 14-17 , May 2008

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