The implications of policy changes on the uptake of a PMTCT programme in rural Malawi: First three years of experience

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kasenga, Fyson ^a   Byass, Peter ^b   Emmelin, Maria ^b   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^b  

^a Malamulo SDA Hospital   (Malawi)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Health policy; Health service demand; Malawi; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857780656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.1883     Document Type: Article

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