Illness recognition and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications in rural eastern Uganda

Abstract Background To enhance understanding of the roles of community-based initiatives in poor rural societies, we describe and explore illness recognition, decision-making, and appropriate care-seeking for mothers and newborn illnesses in two districts in eastern Uganda where in one implementatio...

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Main Authors: Monica Okuga, Peter Waiswa, Rogers Mandu, Juddy Wachira, Claudia Hanson, Fatuma Manzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41043-017-0125-x