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PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
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Family Planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Encouraging Momentum, Formidable Challenges

Dieudonné Kwete, Arsene Binanga, Thibaut Mukaba, Théophile Nemuandjare, Muanda Fidele Mbadu, Marie-Thérèse Kyungu, Perri Sutton and Jane T Bertrand
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2018, 6(1):40-54; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00346
Dieudonné Kwete
aGovernment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Advisor to the Prime Minister, Kinshasa, DRC.
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Arsene Binanga
bTulane International LLC, Kinshasa, DRC.
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Thibaut Mukaba
cUnited States Agency for International Development/DRC, Kinshasa, DRC.
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Théophile Nemuandjare
dUnited Nations Population Fund, Kinshasa, DRC.
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Muanda Fidele Mbadu
eProgramme National de Santé de l'Adolescent, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, DRC.
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Marie-Thérèse Kyungu
fProgramme National la Santé de la Reproduction, Kinshasa, DRC.
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Perri Sutton
gThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Jane T Bertrand
hTulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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vol. 6 no. 1 40-54
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00346
PubMed 
29602865

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: September 6, 2017
  • Accepted: January 9, 2018
  • Published online March 30, 2018.

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© Kwete et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00346

Author Information

  1. Dieudonné Kwetea,
  2. Arsene Binangab,
  3. Thibaut Mukabac,
  4. Théophile Nemuandjared,
  5. Muanda Fidele Mbadue,
  6. Marie-Thérèse Kyunguf,
  7. Perri Suttong,
  8. Jane T Bertrandh⇑
  1. aGovernment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Advisor to the Prime Minister, Kinshasa, DRC.
  2. bTulane International LLC, Kinshasa, DRC.
  3. cUnited States Agency for International Development/DRC, Kinshasa, DRC.
  4. dUnited Nations Population Fund, Kinshasa, DRC.
  5. eProgramme National de Santé de l'Adolescent, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, DRC.
  6. fProgramme National la Santé de la Reproduction, Kinshasa, DRC.
  7. gThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
  8. hTulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Jane T Bertrand (bertrand{at}tulane.edu).
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Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2018, 6 (1) 40-54; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00346
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