Quality of maternal healthcare in India: Has the National Rural Health Mission made a difference?

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Nair, Harish ^a,b   Panda, Rajmohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84878199391     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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