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Commentary

Quinacrine sterilization: a middle road

Potts M, Benagiano G

Contraception, 2001

Discussion of female sterilization using the trans-cervical application of quinacrine hydrochloride

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Editorial

Freedom Closes the Gap

Potts M, Campbell M

Contraception, 2008

We found ourselves strongly disagreeing with a recent editorial in Contraception by Wells et al. when they asserted, “Thirty years ago, our approach to uncontrolled population growth in developing countries was to flood them with contraceptives...

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Why Bold Policies for Family Planning are Needed Now

Potts M, Weinrib R, Campbell M

Contraception, 2013

Last spring at a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) talk in Berlin, Melinda Gates used this phrase, “The most transformative thing you can do is to give people access to birth control.” She expressed similar sentiments at the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, 2012, as did the British Prime Minister David Cameron, and [...]

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Revisiting community-based distribution programs: are they still needed?

Prata N, Vahidnia F, Potts M, Dries-Daffner I

Contraception, 2005

This article explores the role of Community-based distribution (CBD) programs. Community-based distribution are the optimum way of reaching people in rural areas of developing countries where conventional methods of delivery do not exist or fail.

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Meeting the need: youth and family planning in sub-Saharan Africa

Prata N, Weidert K, Sreenivas A

Contraception, 2012

Background: The need for a concerted effort to address the gaps in family planning services for youth in sub-Saharan Africa has been underreported and underexplored.

Study Design: Trends in fertility, childbearing, unmet need for family planning options and contraceptive prevalence (CP) among youth are described with data from six African countries with four consecutive [...]

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Hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels in women using copper-releasing or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices: a systematic review

Prata N, Lowe R

Contraception, 2013

Background: The use of intrauterine devices as a contraceptive method has been steadily growing in developing countries. Anemia in reproductive-age women is a growing concern in those settings.

Study Design: A systematic review of studies with measured hemoglobin and serum ferritin at baseline and after 1 year of use of copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) [...]

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