Preconception care: Advancing from 'important to do and can be done' to 'is being done and is making a difference'

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mason, Elizabeth ^a   Chandra Mouli, Venkatraman ^a   Baltag, Valentina ^a   Christiansen, Charlotte ^a   Lassi, Zohra S ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

call for action; cost; Preconception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCEPTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84907438813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-S3-S8     Document Type: Article

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