Family Planning as a Possible Measure to Alleviate Poverty in the Philippines - Beyond Sociocultural Norms and Pervasive Opposition

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
² Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, Davao City, Philippines.
⁴ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Malate Manila, Philippines.
⁵ College of Medicine, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
⁶ Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan.

Akihiko Ozaki et al. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2017.

. 2017 Nov 1;6(11):683-684.

doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.57.

¹ Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
² Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, Davao City, Philippines.
⁴ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Malate Manila, Philippines.
⁵ College of Medicine, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
⁶ Department of Hematology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan.

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