Perceptions of the effects of armed conflict on maternal and reproductive health services and outcomes in Burundi and Northern Uganda: A qualitative study

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chi, Primus Che ^a,b   Bulage, Patience ^c   Urdal, Henrik ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Armed conflict; Effects; Health system; Impact; Maternal health; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UGANDA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURUNDI; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927926827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12914-015-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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