Mobilizing women's groups for improved maternal and newborn health: Evidence for impact, and challenges for sustainability and scale up

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Nair, Nirmala ^a   Tripathy, Prasanta ^a   Costello, Anthony ^b   Prost, Audrey ^b  

^a Ekjut   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal and newborn health; Neonatal survival; Participatory learning and action; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP;

EID: 84866022775     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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