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Motivations and Constraints to Family Planning: A Qualitative Study in Rwanda’s Southern Kayonza District

Didi Bertrand Farmer, Leslie Berman, Grace Ryan, Lameck Habumugisha, Paulin Basinga, Cameron Nutt, Francois Kamali, Elias Ngizwenayo, Jacklin St Fleur, Peter Niyigena, Fidele Ngabo, Paul E Farmer and Michael L Rich
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2015, 3(2):242-254; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00198
Didi Bertrand Farmer
aPartners In Health-Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda
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bLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Global Mental Health, London, UK
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Paul E Farmer
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Motivations and Constraints to Family Planning: A Qualitative Study in Rwanda’s Southern Kayonza District
Didi Bertrand Farmer, Leslie Berman, Grace Ryan, Lameck Habumugisha, Paulin Basinga, Cameron Nutt, Francois Kamali, Elias Ngizwenayo, Jacklin St Fleur, Peter Niyigena, Fidele Ngabo, Paul E Farmer, Michael L Rich
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Didi Bertrand Farmer, Leslie Berman, Grace Ryan, Lameck Habumugisha, Paulin Basinga, Cameron Nutt, Francois Kamali, Elias Ngizwenayo, Jacklin St Fleur, Peter Niyigena, Fidele Ngabo, Paul E Farmer, Michael L Rich
Global Health: Science and Practice Jun 2015, 3 (2) 242-254; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00198
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