Assessment of country policies affecting reproductive health for adolescents in the Philippines
Abstract Background Adolescents in the Philippines face many legal, social and political barriers to access sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, putting them at higher risk of unplanned pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections and HIV, and other health and development problems....
Main Authors: | Junice L. D. Melgar, Alfredo R. Melgar, Mario Philip R. Festin, Andrea J. Hoopes, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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Series: | Reproductive Health |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-018-0638-9 |
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