Client experiences with antenatal care waiting times in southern Mozambique
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Antenatal care in Maputo, Mozambique.
Mozambique, within its plan for overall social and economic change, has given priority to primary health care with a principal focus on maternal and child health. In 1980 an antenatal control form was introduced into all Maputo's antenatal clinics to monitor pregnancies and to help direct specialist care to mothers at greatest risk--a strategy known by WHO as the "risk approach." In this study ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4369-6