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Spatial and socio-demographic determinants of contraceptive use in the Upper East region of Ghana

BACKGROUND: This paper presents results of baseline data on the determinants of contraceptive use in 7 districts in northern Ghana where there is an ongoing integrated primary health care systems strengthening projectknown as the Ghana Essential Health Intervention Project (GEHIP). METHODS: We used...

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Autores principales:	Achana, Fabian Sebastian, Bawah, Ayaga A, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Welaga, Paul, Awine, Timothy, Asuo-Mante, Eric, Oduro, Abraham, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Phillips, James F
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4389318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-015-0017-8

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