A review of interventions addressing structural drivers of adolescents' sexual and reproductive health vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual health programming.

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Published in Reprod Health on December 13, 2014

Authors

Joyce Wamoyi1, Gerry Mshana, Aika Mongi, Nyasule Neke, Saidi Kapiga, John Changalucha

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute for Medical Research, P,O Box 1462, Mwanza, Tanzania. jwamoyi@hotmail.com.

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