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Editorial
. 2024 May 21;12(Suppl 2):e2400153.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00153. Print 2024 May 21.

The Challenge Initiative: Lessons on Rapid Scale-Up of Family Planning and Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Clea Finkle  1 , Yacine Bai  2 , Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli  3 , Samuel O'Keefe  4 , Moses Tetui  5   6   7 , Suzanne Fischer  8 , Kojo Lokko  9 , Lisa Mwaikambo  10 , Saori Ohkubo  11
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Editorial

The Challenge Initiative: Lessons on Rapid Scale-Up of Family Planning and Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Clea Finkle et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

The articles in this supplement showcase The Challenge Initiative’s strategies and insights for sustainably scaling evidence-based family planning and adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health interventions and emphasize the need for multipronged interventions that address the complex web of factors influencing adolescents’ and youth’s access to contraceptive services.

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