Maternal health situation in India: a case study.

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Published in J Health Popul Nutr on April 01, 2009

Authors

Kranti S Vora1, Dileep V Mavalankar, K V Ramani, Mudita Upadhyaya, Bharati Sharma, Sharad Iyengar, Vikram Gupta, Kirti Iyengar

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Management of Health Services, India Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad, India. krantivora@gmail.com

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