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Tishina Okegbe, 500 D Street NW, Washington, DC 20547, USA. Tel: +1 202 394 4008; e-mail: tokegbe@usaid.gov

The initial concept and outline for this commentary was conceived and developed by T.C.O., A.T., and J.S. All authors (T.C.O., A.T., J.S., O.M., A.V., J.M., K.J. and S.M.) contributed to the manuscript content and revisions. All authors (T.C.O., A.T., J.S., O.M., A.V., J.M., K.J. and S.M.) reviewed and approved the final commentary prior to publication.

The authors thank Sangeeta Rana, Jacqueline Firth, Elaine Menotti, and Ben Isquith for reviewing the draft manuscript and providing helpful feedback.

There are no conflicts of interest.

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This article was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Keywords:

  • HIV

Opportunities to strengthen integration of family planning into HIV platforms to achieve the UNAIDS 2030 fast-track targets

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Journal Title:

AIDS

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Volume 36, Number 15

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, Pages 2221-2224

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

Abstract:

Voluntary family planning (FP)1 has long been recognized as an essential service that enables individuals and couples to determine whether, when, and how often to have children. The HIV clinical cascade offers women of reproductive age (WRA) a continuous opportunity for integrated care and access to a wide range of voluntary FP services. Strengthening the integration of voluntary FP into HIV services could be particularly impactful for the health of women in sub-Saharan Africa, who experience a double burden of high HIV incidence and high rates of unintended pregnancy.
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