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Contraception, Family Planning, and HIV

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AIDS and Women’s Reproductive Health

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Throughout the world the predominant mode of HIV transmission is heterosexual intercourse. It is to be expected, therefore, that the HIV/AIDS epidemic will have an impact on reproductive behaviors and choices, including those involving contraception. The fact that individual methods of contraception may decrease or increase the risk of acquiring HIV, given exposure, broadens this impact considerably.

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Hunter, D.J., Mati, J.K. (1991). Contraception, Family Planning, and HIV. In: Chen, L.C., Amor, J.S., Segal, S.J., Anderson, J.M. (eds) AIDS and Women’s Reproductive Health. Reproductive Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3354-2_9

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