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Throughout her life, a woman's body is changing and developing.

Health care for women includes the entire spectrum of a woman's life, not just pregnancy and childbirth. This means that mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and political, as well as physical aspects of women's lives, are part of women’s health. We are also concerned about health for all women, and in all places where women live and work.

At each stage of a woman's life, there are important preventive health care steps to follow in order to provide early detection of medical problems, or to prevent
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I was on the Depo shot for about 8 years. I switched to the pill Triphasil a year ago. When I asked when I would start getting my periods, the doctor told me they would start again within 3 months after I stopped the shot. It's been a year now and I ...

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