Health system capacity: Maternal health policy implementation in the state of Gujarat, India

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sanneving, Linda ^a   Kulane, Asli ^a   Iyer, Aditi ^b   Ahgren, Bengt ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gujarat; Health system capacity; Implementation; India; Maternal health; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GUJARAT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SYSTEM CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMPLEMENTATION; INDIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS;

GUJARAT; HEALTH SYSTEM CAPACITY; IMPLEMENTATION; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLICY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880175970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19629     Document Type: Article

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