Enhancing maternal and perinatal health in under-served remote areas in sub-Saharan Africa: A Tanzanian model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Nyamtema, Angelo S ^a,b,c   Mwakatundu, Nguke ^a   Dominico, Sunday ^a   Mohamed, Hamed ^a   Pemba, Senga ^a,b,c   Rumanyika, Richard ^a,d   Kairuki, Clementina ^a,e   Kassiga, Irene ^a,f   Shayo, Allan ^a,b   Issa, Omary ^a   Nzabuhakwa, Calist ^a   Lyimo, Chagi ^a   van Roosmalen, Jos ^a,g,h  

^a World Lung Foundation's Maternal Health Project   (Tanzania)

^b Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health Ifakara   (Tanzania)

^c St Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences   (Tanzania)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e HUBERT KAIRUKI MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^f Saint Francis Referral Hospital   (Tanzania)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA;

CESAREAN SECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84982266496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151419     Document Type: Article

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