Delivering services and influencing policy: Health care professionals join forces to improve maternal, newborn, and child health

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-274

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Author keywords

Capacity building; Health care professional; Low resource country; Maternal, newborn, and child health; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PEDIATRICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 67349131928     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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