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Starrs, Ann M, Ezeh, Alex C, Barker, Gary, Basu, Alaka, Bertrand, Jane T, Blum, Robert, Coll-Seck, Awa M, Grover, Anand, Laski, Laura, Roa, Monica, Sathar, Zeba A, Say, Lale, Serour, Gamal I, Singh, Susheela, Stenberg, Karin, Temmerman, Marleen, Biddlecom, Ann, Popinchalk, Anna, Summers, Cynthia, Ashford, Lori S·2018·The Lancet

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Authors: Starrs, A. M., Ezeh, A. C., Barker, G., Basu, A., Bertrand, J. T., Blum, R., Coll-Seck, A. M., Grover, A., Laski, L., Roa, M., Sathar, Z. A., Say, L., Serour, G. I., Singh, S., Stenberg, K., Temmerman, M., Biddlecom, A., Popinchalk, A., Summers, C., & Ashford, L. S.
Affiliations: Guttmacher Institute (US)
Center for Global Development (US)
Promundo (US)
Cornell University (US)
Tulane University (US)
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Lawyers Collective (IN)
World Health Organization (CH)
Al-Azhar University (EG)
Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (KE)
Corresponding author: Singh, Susheela
ORCID: Ezeh, Alex C
Biddlecom, Ann
Popinchalk, Anna
Venue: The Lancet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2018-06
Volume: 391
Issue: 10140
Pages: 2642-2692
ISSN: 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30293-9
OpenAlex: W2800541910
Cited by: 1,598
References: 187
Citations by year: 2026: 163 · 2025: 190 · 2024: 223 · 2023: 323 · 2022: 147 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 356 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 26
FWCI: 24.75
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: The Lancet (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) (submittedVersion)
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: World Health Organization
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Government of the United Kingdom
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Keywords: sexual and reproductive health and rights, universal health coverage, low- and middle-income countries, health care delivery, human rights, civil society advocacy, government accountability, evidence-based interventions
MeSH terms: Sexual Health, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, International Cooperation, Male, Global Health, Consensus, Reproductive Rights, Health Status Disparities, Reproductive Health

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