Setting Newlyweds Up for Success: A Young Couple Talks Straight about Family Planning in Congo
This blog relates the story of a young couple who made a choice that broke the mold for newly married youth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): they decided to use contraception to delay having their first child.
Source: Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
Date of Publication: June 10, 2020
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