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What Distinguishes Women Who Choose to Self-Inject? A Prospective Cohort Study of Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Users in Ghana

Dela Nai, Elizabeth Tobey, Kamil Fuseini, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye and Aparna Jain
Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100534; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00534
Dela Nai
aPopulation Council, Accra, Ghana.
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Elizabeth Tobey
bPopulation Council, Washington, DC, USA.
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Kamil Fuseini
aPopulation Council, Accra, Ghana.
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cGhana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
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vol. 10 no. 1 e2100534
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00534
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35294390

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2169-575X
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  • Received: July 31, 2021
  • Accepted: January 5, 2022
  • Published online March 1, 2022.

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  1. Dela Naia⇑,
  2. Elizabeth Tobeyb,
  3. Kamil Fuseinia,
  4. Patrick Kuma-Aboagyec,
  5. Aparna Jainb
  1. aPopulation Council, Accra, Ghana.
  2. bPopulation Council, Washington, DC, USA.
  3. cGhana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
  1. Correspondence to Dela Nai (dnai{at}popcouncil.org).
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Dela Nai, Elizabeth Tobey, Kamil Fuseini, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Aparna Jain
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