Barriers associated with care-seeking for institutional delivery among rural women in three provinces in Afghanistan

• Main Authors: Ariel Higgins-Steele (Author), Jane Burke (Author), Abo Ismael Foshanji (Author), Farhad Farewar (Author), Malalai Naziri (Author), Sediq Seddiqi (Author), Karen M. Edmond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In the past fifteen years, Afghanistan has made substantial progress in extending primary health care. However, coverage of essential health interventions proven to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes, particularly skilled birth attendance, remains unacceptably low. Thi...