Delayed illness recognition and multiple referrals: a qualitative study exploring care-seeking trajectories contributing to maternal and newborn illnesses and death in southern Tanzania

• Autori principali: Donat Shamba (Autore), Tara Tancred (Autore), Claudia Hanson (Autore), Juddy Wachira (Autore), Fatuma Manzi (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background Maternal and neonatal mortality remain high in southern Tanzania despite an increasing number of births occurring in health facilities. In search for reasons for the persistently high mortality rates, we explored illness recognition, decision-making and care-seeking for cases of...