Community boat service to promote institutional delivery in the Philippines: a mixed-methods study of a social innovation

• Main Authors: Renzo Guinto (Author), Joseph D Tucker (Author), Carine Ronsmans (Author), Meredith Labarda (Author), Wenjie Shan (Author), Allan Ulitin (Author), Jana Deborah Mier-Alpaño (Author), Jose Rene Bagani Cruz (Author), Katerina N Abiertas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Remote islands have limited access to institutional obstetric care, and these challenges are further exacerbated by climatic threats. A Health Service Boat Project was implemented in rural Philippines to provide free boats for pregnant people to deliver at facilities and facilitate prenat...