Strategies to increase demand for maternal health services in resource-limited settings: Challenges to be addressed

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Elmusharaf, Khalifa ^a,b,c   Byrne, Elaine ^d   O'Donovan, Diarmuid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84941366786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2222-3     Document Type: Review

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