Male partner attendance of skilled antenatal care in peri-urban Gulu district, Northern Uganda.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on September 16, 2010

Authors

Raymond Tweheyo1, Joseph Konde-Lule, Nazarius M Tumwesigye, Juliet N Sekandi

Author Affiliations

1: Makerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning, and Management, PO Box, 7072 Kampala, Uganda. ratweheyo@yahoo.co.uk

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