Huge poor-rich inequalities in maternity care: an international comparative study of maternity and child care in developing countries
OBJECTIVE: Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for maternal health has been slow, and accelerated progress in scaling up professional delivery care is needed. This paper describes poor-rich inequalities in the use of maternity care and seeks to understand these inequalities through com...
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Main Authors: | Tanja AJ Houweling (Author), Carine Ronsmans (Author), Oona MR Campbell (Author), Anton E Kunst (Author) |
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The World Health Organization,
2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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