Health system support for childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: Results from a health facility census

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hanson, Claudia ^a,c   Ronsmans, Carine ^a   Penfold, Suzanne ^a,b   Maokola, Werner ^b   Manzi, Fatuma ^b   Jaribu, Jenny ^b,d,e   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^b   Mshinda, Hassan ^b,f   Tanner, Marcel ^d,e   Schellenberg, Joanna ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Access; Childbirth; Health systems; Maternal health; Quality of care; Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

CENSUSES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 84886519214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-435     Document Type: Article

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