Hair Salon-Based Contraceptive Educational Program To Expand From Guinea’s Rural Areas To Cities

The Guardian: Conakry hairdressers dispense cut-and-dried contraceptive advice to women
“…Five salons across Conakry have been dispensing family planning advice since 2012, and they have been so successful that the project — the brainchild of Jhpiego, a health organization associated with Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. — is about to be extended to salons in Guinea’s seven major cities…” (Maclean, 8/11).

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