Scaling up community mobilisation through women's groups for maternal and neonatal health: Experiences from rural Bangladesh

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nahar, Tasmin ^a   Azad, Kishwar ^a   Aumon, Bedowra H ^a   Younes, Layla ^b   Shaha, Sanjit ^a   Kuddus, Abdul ^a   Prost, Audrey ^b   Houweling, Tanja A J ^b,c   Costello, Anthony ^b   Fottrell, Edward ^b  

^a Diabetic Association of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; RURAL AREA; ADULT; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856073634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-5     Document Type: Article

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