Has Chiranjeevi Yojana changed the geographic availability of free comprehensive emergency obstetric care services in Gujarat, India?

• Main Authors: Kranti Suresh Vora (Author), Sandul Yasobant (Author), Amit Patel (Author), Ashish Upadhyay (Author), Dileep V. Mavalankar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The high rate of maternal mortality in India is of grave concern. Poor rural Indian women are most vulnerable to preventable maternal deaths primarily because they have limited availability of affordable emergency obstetric care (EmOC) within reasonable geographic proximity. Scarcity of...