Identifying bottlenecks in the iron and folic acid supply chain in Bihar, India: A mixed-methods study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wendt, Amanda S ^a,b   Stephenson, Rob ^c,d   Young, Melissa F ^d   Verma, Pankaj ^e   Srikantiah, Sridhar ^e   Webb Girard, Amy ^b,d   Hogue, Carol J ^d   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^b,d   Martorell, Reynaldo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Integrated Family Health Initiative   (India)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Evaluation; Iron and folic acid; Maternal health; Qualitative; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRON; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045385770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3017-x     Document Type: Article

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