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Comment
. 2014 May 13;2(2):145-51.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00012. eCollection 2014 May.

Getting family planning and population back on track

Malcolm Potts  1
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Comment

Getting family planning and population back on track

Malcolm Potts. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

After a generation of partial neglect, renewed attention is being paid to population and voluntary family planning. Realistic access to family planning is a prerequisite for women's autonomy. For the individual, family, society, and our fragile planet, family planning has great power.

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Competing Interests: None declared.

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