From evaluating a Skilled Care Initiative in rural Burkina Faso to policy implications for safe motherhood in Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Meda, Nicolas ^a   Hounton, Sennen ^a   De Brouwere, Vincent ^b   Sombié, Issiaka ^a   Byass, Peter ^c  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Evaluation research; Policy priorities; Safe motherhood

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MATERNAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SKILL;

BURKINA FASO; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 45149091328     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02089.x     Document Type: Review

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