Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 33 , Pages 70-79 , May 2009

Support for provision of early medical abortion by mid-level providers in Bihar and Jharkhand, India

  • Lisa Patel

      Affiliations

    • PhD graduate, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC Gillings School), Chapel Hill NC, USA
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  • Trude A Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School, Chapel Hill NC, USA
    • ,
  • Carolyn Tucker Halpern

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School, Chapel Hill NC, USA
    • ,
  • Heidi Bart Johnston

      Affiliations

    • Social Scientist, ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School, Chapel Hill NC, USA
    • ,
  • Chirayath M Suchindran

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Biostatistics, UNC Gillings School, Chapel Hill NC, USA

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 33 , Pages 70-79 , May 2009

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