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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 16, 2008 - Issue sup31: Second trimester abortion: public policy, women's health
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Establishing Second Trimester Abortion Services: Experiences in Nepal, Viet Nam and South Africa

Alyson G HymanSenior Training and Services Advisor, Ipas, Chapel Hill, [email protected]
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Traci L BairdDirector, Medical Abortion Initiative, Ipas, Chapel HillNC, USA
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Indira BasnettCountry Program Manager, Technical Committee for the Implementation of Comprehensive Abortion Care/Ipas, Family Health Division, Kathmandu, Nepal
Pages 135-144 | Published online: 02 Sep 2008

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