Why give birth in health facility? Users' and providers' accounts of poor quality of birth care in Tanzania.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on May 10, 2013

Authors

Lilian T Mselle1, Karen Marie Moland, Abu Mvungi, Bjorg Evjen-Olsen, Thecla W Kohi

Author Affiliations

1: School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. nakutz@yahoo.com

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