Empowering teenagers to prevent pregnancy: lessons from South Africa.

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Published in Cult Health Sex on October 01, 2009

Authors

Rachel Jewkes1, Robert Morrell, Nicola Christofides

Author Affiliations

1: Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa. rjewkes@mrc.ac.za

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