Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 135-144 , May 2008

Establishing Second Trimester Abortion Services: Experiences in Nepal, Viet Nam and South Africa

  • Alyson G Hyman

      Affiliations

    • Senior Training and Services Advisor, Ipas, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • ,
  • Traci L Baird

      Affiliations

    • Director, Medical Abortion Initiative, Ipas, Chapel Hill NC, USA
    • ,
  • Indira Basnett

      Affiliations

    • Country Program Manager, Technical Committee for the Implementation of Comprehensive Abortion Care/Ipas, Family Health Division, Kathmandu, Nepal

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31387-1

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 135-144 , May 2008

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