Gender-based barriers to primary health care provision in Pakistan: the experience of female providers.

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Published in Health Policy Plan on September 01, 2003

Authors

Zubia Mumtaz1, Sarah Salway, Muneeba Waseem, Nighat Umer

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

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