Delayed illness recognition and multiple referrals: a qualitative study exploring care-seeking trajectories contributing to maternal and newborn illnesses and death in southern Tanzania

Delayed illness recognition and multiple referrals: a qualitative study exploring care-seeking trajectories contributing to maternal and newborn illnesses and death in southern Tanzania

Abstract Background Maternal and neonatal mortality remain high in southern Tanzania despite an increasing number of births occurring in health facilities. In search for reasons for the persistently high mortality rates, we explored illness recognition, decision-making and care-seeking for cases of...

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Main Authors: Donat Shamba, Tara Tancred, Claudia Hanson, Juddy Wachira, Fatuma Manzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Illness recognition
Maternal
Newborn
Care-seeking, qualitative study
Tanzania
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4019-z

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