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First recourse for care-seeking and associated factors among rural populations in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Abstract Background Access to quality healthcare is a global fundamental human right. However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, several parameters affect the choices of health service users in fragile, rural contexts (zones). The overarching aim of this study was to identify the first recour...

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Main Authors:	Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi (Author), Hermès Karemere (Author), Freddy Ndogozi (Author), Aimé Cikomola (Author), Ghislain Kasongo (Author), Albert Ntambwe (Author), Ghislain Bisimwa (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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