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Getting closer to people: family planning provision by drug shops in Uganda

Angela Akol, Dawn Chin-Quee, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Sarah Jilani Mercer and John Stanback
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2014, 2(4):472-481; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00085
Angela Akol
aFHI 360 Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
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Dawn Chin-Quee
bFHI 360, Durham, NC, USA
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Patricia Wamala-Mucheri
cFHI 360 Uganda, Kampala, Uganda, Now with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Kampala, Uganda
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Jane Harriet Namwebya
aFHI 360 Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
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Sarah Jilani Mercer
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vol. 2 no. 4 472-481
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00085
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25611480

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
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  • Received: May 22, 2014
  • Accepted: October 17, 2014
  • Published online December 10, 2014.

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  1. Angela Akola⇑,
  2. Dawn Chin-Queeb,
  3. Patricia Wamala-Mucheric,
  4. Jane Harriet Namwebyaa,
  5. Sarah Jilani Mercerb,
  6. John Stanbackb
  1. aFHI 360 Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
  2. bFHI 360, Durham, NC, USA
  3. cFHI 360 Uganda, Kampala, Uganda, Now with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Kampala, Uganda
  1. Correspondence to Angela Akol (aakol{at}fhi360.org).
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Angela Akol, Dawn Chin-Quee, Patricia Wamala-Mucheri, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Sarah Jilani Mercer, John Stanback
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