Professional care delivery or traditional birth attendants? The impact of the type of care utilized by mothers on under-five mortality of their children

Abstract Background Because of the high under-five mortality rate, the government in Zambia has adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) policy on child delivery which insists on professional maternal care. However, there are scholars who criticize this policy by arguing that although built on go...

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Main Authors: Choolwe Muzyamba, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova, Iryna Rud, Sonila M. Tomini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-018-0090-0