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“New Users” Are Confusing Our Counting: Reaching Consensus on How to Measure “Additional Users” of Family Planning

Aisha Dasgupta, Michelle Weinberger, Ben Bellows and Win Brown
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2017, 5(1):6-14; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00328
Aisha Dasgupta
aMarie Stopes International, London, UK.
bUnited Nations Population Division, New York, NY, USA.
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Michelle Weinberger
cAvenir Health, Washington, DC, USA.
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Ben Bellows
dPopulation Council, Lusaka, Zambia.
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eBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
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vol. 5 no. 1 6-14
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00328
PubMed 
28351876

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2169-575X
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  • Received: October 20, 2016
  • Accepted: January 3, 2017
  • Published online March 28, 2017.

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  1. Aisha Dasguptaa,b⇑,
  2. Michelle Weinbergerc,
  3. Ben Bellowsd,
  4. Win Browne
  1. aMarie Stopes International, London, UK.
  2. bUnited Nations Population Division, New York, NY, USA.
  3. cAvenir Health, Washington, DC, USA.
  4. dPopulation Council, Lusaka, Zambia.
  5. eBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Aisha Dasgupta (dasgupta{at}un.org).
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