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Improving Contraceptive Access, Use, and Method Mix by Task Sharing Implanon Insertion to Frontline Health Workers: The Experience of the Integrated Family Health Program in Ethiopia

Yewondwossen Tilahun, Candace Lew, Bekele Belayihun, Kidest Lulu Hagos and Mengistu Asnake
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2017, 5(4):592-602; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00215
Yewondwossen Tilahun
aPathfinder International Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  • For correspondence: clew{at}pathfinder.org
Bekele Belayihun
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vol. 5 no. 4 592-602
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https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00215
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29229650

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2169-575X
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  • Received: May 29, 2017
  • Accepted: August 29, 2017
  • Published online December 28, 2017.

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  1. Yewondwossen Tilahuna,
  2. Candace Lewb⇑,
  3. Bekele Belayihuna,
  4. Kidest Lulu Hagosa,
  5. Mengistu Asnakea
  1. aPathfinder International Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  2. bPathfinder International, Washington, DC, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Candace Lew (clew{at}pathfinder.org).
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