An implementation evaluation of a policy aiming to improve financial access to maternal health care in Djibo district, Burkina Faso.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on December 08, 2012

Authors

Loubna Belaid1, Valéry Ridde

Author Affiliations

1: Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital Centre, CRCHUM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. loubna.belaid@umontreal.ca

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