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Health facility delivery in sub-Saharan Africa

Successes, challenges, and implications for the 2030 development agenda

Bibliographic Data

ID15364628
AuthorsHenry V Doctor (0000-0003-0378-1415, World Health Organization), Sangwani Salimu (0000-0002-7543-8512, University of Malawi, corresponding author), Maryam Abdulsalam-Anibilowo (Institute of Human Virology)
Year2018
Volume18
Issue1
Pages765-765
Publication date2018-06-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-018-5695-z
PMID29921275
OpenAlexW2809513406
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited13

Proven interventions to increase health facility delivery should focus on addressing inequities associated with maternal education, women empowerment, increased access to health facilities as well as narrowing the gap between the rural and the urban areas. We further discuss these results within the agenda of leaving no one behind by 2030

Attendance · Biostatistics · Childbirth · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Global health · Health facility · Health services research · Logistic regression · Population · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Public health · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Nursing

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Unique citing works31
Citations per year4.43
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 29

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