'Nurture the sprouting bud; do not uproot it'. Using saving groups to save for maternal and newborn health: Lessons from rural Eastern Uganda

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a   Paina, Ligia ^b   Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza ^a   Mutebi, Aloysius ^a   Jane, Pacuto ^a   Tumuhairwe, Juliet ^c   Tetui, Moses ^a,d   Kiwanuka, Suzanne N ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth preparedness; Health insurance; Implementation science; Maternal; Newborn; Saving groups

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UGANDA;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSPORTATION; UGANDA;

EID: 85028937852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1347311     Document Type: Article

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