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Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the forest belt of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Poor maternal health delivery in developing countries results in more than half a million maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within a few weeks of delivery. This is partly due to unavailability and low utilization of maternal healthcare services in limited-resource settings....

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Autores principales:	Nuamah, Gladys Buruwaa, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Mensah, Kofi Akohene, Boateng, Daniel, Quansah, Dan Yedu, Dobin, Dominic, Addai-Donkor, Kwasi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30612557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-2159-5

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