Protecting the Next Generation in Uganda

Author(s)

Leila Darabi
, ,
Kalundi Serumaga
,
Stella Neema
,
Richard Kibombo
,
F. Humera Ahmed
and
Paul Banoba
Reproductive rights are under attack. Will you help us fight back with facts?

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Box: Data Sources
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Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2006, No. 25.
2. Uganda Bureau of Statistics and ORC Macro, Uganda
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USA: ORC Macro, 2001.
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Box: Younger Adolescents Are Prime Targets
For Prevention Efforts
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2. Guttmacher Institute, special tabulations of the 2004 Uganda
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3. Appendix Table 3a.
4. Appendix Table 3b.
5. Appendix Table 1a.

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