Implementation challenges of maternal health care in Ghana: the case of health care providers in the Tamale Metropolis.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on January 06, 2014

Authors

Emmanuel Banchani1, Eric Y Tenkorang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St, John's A1C 5S7, Canada. ebanchani2007@yahoo.com.

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