Identifying implementation bottlenecks for maternal and newborn health interventions in rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 380-389

  Baker, Ulrika ^a   Peterson, Stefan ^b   Marchant, Tanya ^c   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^d   Temu, Silas ^d   Manzi, Fatuma ^d   Hanson, Claudia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERIUM; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; LABOR STAGE 3; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930350370     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.141879     Document Type: Article

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