'How to know what you need to do': a cross-country comparison of maternal health guidelines in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania.

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Published in Implement Sci on April 13, 2012

Authors

Ulrika Baker1, Göran Tomson, Mathias Somé, Bocar Kouyaté, John Williams, Rose Mpembeni, Siriel Massawe, Antje Blank, Lars L Gustafsson, Jaran Eriksen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden. ulrika.baker@ki.se

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