Health system and community level interventions for improving antenatal care coverage and health outcomes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mbuagbaw, Lawrence ^a,b   Habiba Garga, Kesso ^a   Ongolo Zogo, Pierre ^a  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMMUNITY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85041742634     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010994     Document Type: Article

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