Community perspective of maternal mortality: Experience from Konduga Local Government Area, Borno State, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Kawuwa, M Bello ^a   Mairiga, A G ^a   Usman, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Community perspective; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONEY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC CARE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 35448986581     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55724     Document Type: Article

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