Equity in sexual and reproductive health – an ongoing challenge

Dawn Miller

doi:10.1071/HCv8n1_ED2

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Equity in sexual and reproductive health – an ongoing challenge

Dawn Miller

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Section of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of Women’s & Children’s Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand, and Dunedin Family Planning Clinic, 95 Hanover Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Correspondence to: Dawn Miller, Section of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Department of Women’s & Children’s Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Email: dawn.miller@otago.ac.nz

Journal of Primary Health Care 8(1) 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1071/HCv8n1_ED2
Published: 31 March 2016

Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2016.
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