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Increasing health equity and access to skilled birth delivery services for the poor through community-based health-care interventions: evidence from northern Nigeria

Authors: Ekechi Okereke, Ibrahim Yisa, Adekunle Akerele, Benson Obonyo, Mike Egboh

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Special Issue 2/2014

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The Partnership for Transforming Health Systems Phase 2 (PATHS2) project introduced and supports community based interventions such as safe motherhood initiative demand side (SMID) and an emergency transport scheme within northern Nigeria. This study evaluates the effect of PATHS2’s community based interventions in addressing transportation as a barrier to accessing skilled birth delivery services in health facilities. …

Title: Increasing health equity and access to skilled birth delivery services for the poor through community-based health-care interventions: evidence from northern Nigeria
Authors: Ekechi Okereke
Ibrahim Yisa
Adekunle Akerele
Benson Obonyo
Mike Egboh
Publication date: 01-07-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Health Services Research / Issue Special Issue 2/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-S2-P90

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