From evaluating a Skilled Care Initiative in rural Burkina Faso to policy implications for safe motherhood in Africa.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on July 01, 2008

Authors

Nicolas Meda1, Sennen Hounton, Vincent De Brouwere, Issiaka Sombié, Peter Byass, IMMPACT Burkina Evaluation Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Immpact, Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. nmeda.muraz@fasonet.bf

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