Availability and distribution of human resources for provision of comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care in Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Faqir, Manizha ^a   Zainullah, Partamin ^b   Tappis, Hannah ^c   Mungia, Jaime ^c   Currie, Sheena ^c   Kim, Young Mi ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^b JHPIEGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Emergency obstetric care; Health services; Human resources; Maternal health; Neonatal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961298615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0037-6     Document Type: Article

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