Maternal health care amid political unrest: the effect of armed conflict on antenatal care utilization in Nepal
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Maternal health care amid political unrest: the effect of armed conflict on antenatal care utilization in Nepal.
Armed conflicts, which primarily occur in low- and middle-income countries, have profound consequences for the health of affected populations, among them a decrease in the utilization of maternal health care services. The quantitative relationship between armed conflict and maternal health care utilization has received limited attention in the public health literature. We evaluate this relation...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs062