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Use of antenatal services and delivery care among women in rural western Kenya: a community based survey

Anna M van Eijk*, Hanneke M Bles, Frank Odhiambo, John G Ayisi, Ilse E Blokland, Daniel H Rosen, Kubaje Adazu, Laurence Slutsker and Kim A Lindblade

Reproductive Health 2006, 3:2 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-3-2

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Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania

Karin Gross, Sandra Alba, Tracy R Glass, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Brigit Obrist BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12:16 (21 March 2012)

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Intermittent screening and treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: user acceptability

Lucy A Smith, Caroline Jones, Rose O Adjei, Gifty D Antwi, Nana A Afrah, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan, Harry Tagbor, Jayne Webster Malaria Journal 2010, 9:18 (14 January 2010)

Due to very high and increasing resistance of malaria parasites to SP in Africa there is a need for alternative methods to protect pregnant women from the effects of malaria in pregnancy. This study describes pregnant women’s acceptability of such an alternative method based on intermittent RDT screening followed by treatment of those found positive.

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Determinants of use of maternal health services in Nigeria - looking beyond individual and household factors

Stella Babalola, Adesegun Fatusi BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9:43 (15 September 2009)

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The use of antenatal and postnatal care: perspectives and experiences of women and health care providers in rural southern Tanzania

Mwifadhi Mrisho, Brigit Obrist, Joanna Schellenberg, Rachel A Haws, Adiel K Mushi, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, David Schellenberg BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9:10 (4 March 2009)

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Reproductive health issues in rural Western Kenya

Anna M van Eijk, Kim A Lindblade, Frank Odhiambo, Elizabeth Peterson, Evallyne Sikuku, John G Ayisi, Peter Ouma, Daniel H Rosen, Laurence Slutsker Reproductive Health 2008, 5:1 (18 March 2008)

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Antenatal care and perinatal outcomes in Kwale district, Kenya

Celia A Brown, Salim B Sohani, Khalid Khan, Richard Lilford, Walter Mukhwana BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:2 (10 January 2008)

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Use pattern of maternal health services and determinants of skilled care during delivery in Southern Tanzania: implications for achievement of MDG-5 targets

Rose NM Mpembeni, Japhet Z Killewo, Melkzedeck T Leshabari, Siriel N Massawe, Albrecht Jahn, Declare Mushi, Hassan Mwakipa BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007, 7:29 (6 December 2007)

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Use of antenatal services and delivery care in Entebbe, Uganda: a community survey

Carolyn J Tann, Moses Kizza, Linda Morison, David Mabey, Moses Muwanga, Heiner Grosskurth, Alison M Elliott BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007, 7:23 (11 October 2007)

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Utilisation of postnatal care among rural women in Nepal

Sulochana Dhakal, Glyn N Chapman, Padam P Simkhada, Edwin R van Teijlingen, Jane Stephens, Amalraj E Raja BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007, 7:19 (3 September 2007)