The midwives service scheme in Nigeria

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Abimbola, Seye ^a   Okoli, Ugo ^a   Olubajo, Olalekan ^a   Abdullahi, Mohammed J ^a   Pate, Muhammad A ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; MONITORING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGERIA; POLITICS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84861557791     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001211     Document Type: Article

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