Availability, utilisation and quality of maternal and neonatal health care services in Karamoja region, Uganda: A health facility-based survey

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wilunda, Calistus ^a   Oyerinde, Koyejo ^b   Putoto, Giovanni ^a   Lochoro, Peter ^c   Dall'Oglio, Giovanni ^c   Manenti, Fabio ^a   Segafredo, Giulia ^a   Atzori, Andrea ^a   Criel, Bart ^d   Panza, Alessio ^e   Quaglio, Gianluca ^a,f  

^a Doctors with Africa CUAMM   (Italy)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Doctors with Africa CAUMM   (Uganda)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency obstetric care; Maternal health; Rural health; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANUAL PLACENTAL DELIVERY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; REVIEW; UGANDA; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UGANDA;

EID: 84928005020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0018-7     Document Type: Review

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