Meeting millennium development goals 3 and 5

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7519, 2005, Pages 708-709

  Simwaka, Bertha Nhlema ^a   Theobald, Sally ^a   Amekudzi, Yaa Peprah ^b   Tolhurst, Rachel ^c  

^a Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^b Cantonments   (Ghana)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHILDBIRTH; EDITORIAL; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX ROLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 26244462319     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7519.708     Document Type: Editorial

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