The Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System: Reasons to Expand Access to the Public Sector of Africa

The levonorgestrel intrauterine system has: (1) excellent effectiveness, (2) high satisfaction levels, (3) non-contraceptive benefits, and (4) potential to help reinvigorate interest in intrauterine contraception. The time is ripe for ministries and donor agencies to work together to make the produc...

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Autor principal: Hubacher, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26681701
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00178
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spelling pubmed-46825792016-01-15 The Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System: Reasons to Expand Access to the Public Sector of Africa Hubacher, David Glob Health Sci Pract Viewpoint The levonorgestrel intrauterine system has: (1) excellent effectiveness, (2) high satisfaction levels, (3) non-contraceptive benefits, and (4) potential to help reinvigorate interest in intrauterine contraception. The time is ripe for ministries and donor agencies to work together to make the product widely available across Africa. Global Health: Science and Practice 2015-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4682579/ /pubmed/26681701 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00178 Text en © Hubacher. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00178.
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