Cadres, content and costs for community-based care for mothers and newborns from seven countries: implications for universal health coverage.

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  • Joy E Lawn
  • Zulfiqar A Bhutta
  • Steve N Wall
  • Stefan Peterson
  • Emmanuelle Daviaud
چکیده

care for mothers and newborns from seven countries: implications for universal health coverage Joy E Lawn,* Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Steve N Wall, Stefan Peterson and Emmanuelle Daviaud Maternal Adolescent & Reproductive Health (MARCH) Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children, Washington, DC, USA, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA, Uppsala University, Sweden and Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Health policy and planning

دوره 32 suppl_1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017