The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on May 28, 2013

Authors

Yotamu Chirwa1, Sophie Witter, Malvern Munjoma, Wilson Mashange, Tim Ensor, Barbara McPake, Shungu Munyati

Author Affiliations

1: Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe. ychirwa@brti.co.zw

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