Can community health workers play a greater role in increasing access to medical abortion services? A qualitative study

Abstract Background Despite being legally available in India since 1971, barriers to safe and legal abortion remain, and unsafe and/or illegal abortion continues to be a problem. Community health workers have been involved in improving access to health information and care for maternal and child hea...

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Main Authors: Pallavi Gupta, Sharad D. Iyengar, Bela Ganatra, Heidi Bart Johnston, Kirti Iyengar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-017-0391-1