The spillover effect of midwife attrition from the Nigerian midwives service scheme

• Main Authors: Daniel O. Erim (Author), Harrison E. Offiong (Author), Christine Kim (Author), Folasade A. Bello (Author), Jeremy Moulton (Author), Stephanie B. Wheeler (Author), Harsha Thirumurthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Nigerian Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) increased use of antenatal services at rural public sector clinics. However, it is unclear if women who would not have otherwise sought care, or those who would have sought care in rural private sector clinics caused this change. Additio...