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Opportunities and Challenges of Delivering Postabortion Care and Postpartum Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anne Pfitzer, Eva Lathrop, Alison Bodenheimer, Saumya RamaRao, Megan Christofield, Patricia MacDonald, Bethany Arnold, Neeta Bhatnagar, Erin Mielke and Meridith Mikulich
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2020, 8(3):335-343; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00263
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Opportunities and Challenges of Delivering Postabortion Care and Postpartum Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anne Pfitzer, Eva Lathrop, Alison Bodenheimer, Saumya RamaRao, Megan Christofield, Patricia MacDonald, Bethany Arnold, Neeta Bhatnagar, Erin Mielke, Meridith Mikulich
Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2020, 8 (3) 335-343; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00263

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Anne Pfitzer, Eva Lathrop, Alison Bodenheimer, Saumya RamaRao, Megan Christofield, Patricia MacDonald, Bethany Arnold, Neeta Bhatnagar, Erin Mielke, Meridith Mikulich
Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2020, 8 (3) 335-343; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00263
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    • Abstract
    • INTRODUCTION
    • WHY FOCUS ON FAMILY PLANNING WITHIN SERVICES FOR PREGNANT, POSTABORTION, AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN NOW?
    • PRACTICAL APPROACHES AND MODIFIED FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS FOR DIVERSE POSTABORTION AND POSTPARTUM CLIENTS
    • LEARNING RELATED TO PAC AND PPFP DURING COVID-19
    • LINKAGES BETWEEN RESPONSE ON PAC AND PPFP AND HEALTH SYSTEM RESILIENCE
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