Addressing inequity to achieve the maternal and child health millennium development goals: looking beyond averages.

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Published in BMC Public Health on December 27, 2012

Authors

George M Ruhago1, Frida N Ngalesoni, Ole F Norheim

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University, P,O Box 65015, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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