Spanning maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and health systems research boundaries: conducive and limiting health systems factors to improving MNCH outcomes in West Africa

• Main Authors: Irene Akua Agyepong (Author), Aku Kwamie (Author), Edith Frimpong (Author), Selina Defor (Author), Abdallah Ibrahim (Author), Genevieve C. Aryeetey (Author), Virgil Lokossou (Author), Issiaka Sombie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite improvements over time, West Africa lags behind global as well as sub-Saharan averages in its maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes. This is despite the availability of an increasing body of knowledge on interventions that improve such outcomes. Beyond our kn...