Meeting the community halfway to reduce maternal deaths? Evidence from a community-based maternal death review in Uttar Pradesh, India

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-96

  Raj, Sunil Saksena ^a   Maine, Deborah ^b   Sahoo, Pratap Kumar ^c   Manthri, Suneedh ^a   Chauhan, Kavita ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indian Institute of Public Health   (India)

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EID: 84902335480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00049     Document Type: Article

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