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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning. Mali: the pill plus tradition.

AUTHORS

Spurgeon D

SOURCE

World Hunger 3(12): 6-7. November 1973.

ABSTRACT

Traditional methods of contraception in the north-west African republic of Mali are discussed, including: 1) a powder

made from the root of a tree which is taken every evening, except during the menstrual period, and which resembles

the modern birth control pill in its action, 2) a cloth device similar to the rubber diaphragm, and 3) a powder which is

introduced into food and which is used by a woman to limit the births of her neighbors and cospouses by stopping

their menstrual periods. Traditional village sex education for both newlyweds and children is also discussed. A 2-

year family planning project undertaken in Mali to encourage couples to space their children is briefly examined.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 79-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning. Mali: the pill plus tradition.", is(are)

Spurgeon D. The source of this article is "World Hunger 3(12): 6-7. November 1973.". This article was published in

1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 79-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info)

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