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Digital tools have been recognized as one approach to expand access to family planning information and services. However, poor-quality content ...
19 June 2025
WHO recommendations on the management of sickle-cell disease during pregnancy, childbirth and the interpregnancy...
Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a group of autosomal recessive haemoglobin disorders that results from a gene mutation in the β-subunit of haemoglobin....
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21 May 2004
Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development...
Adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly in 2004, this strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers within governments, international agencies,...
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