Achieving progress in maternal and neonatal health through integrated and comprehensive healthcare services - Experiences from a programme in northern Tanzania

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Evjen Olsen, Bjørg ^a,b   Olsen, Øystein Evjen ^a,b,c   Kvåle, Gunnar ^b  

^a HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PEDIATRICS; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 69149083477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-27     Document Type: Note

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