Strengthening health systems capacity to monitor and evaluate programmes targeted at reducing abortion-related maternal mortality in Jessore district, Bangladesh

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Huda, Fauzia Akhter ^a   Ahmed, Anisuddin ^a   Ford, Evelyn Rebecca ^b   Johnston, Heidi Bart ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bangladesh; Health system; Maternal mortality; Menstrual regulation; Post abortion care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942437137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1115-6     Document Type: Article

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