Empowering the community: BRAC's approach in Bangladesh

Maternal and Perinatal Health in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 170-180

  Afsana, Kaosar ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

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