Perspectives on reproductive healthcare delivered through a basic package of health services in Afghanistan: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Howard, Natasha ^a   Woodward, Aniek ^a,b   Patel, Dhrusti ^c   Shafi, Ahmad ^d   Oddy, Lisa ^e   Veen, Annemarie Ter ^a,f   Atta, Nooria ^g   Sondorp, Egbert ^a,f   Roberts, Bayard ^a  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rumi Consultancy   (Afghanistan)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g Kabul Medical University   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; BPHS; Health system framework; Reproductive health; SRH

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFGHANISTAN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84907915529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-359     Document Type: Review

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