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Review
. 2013;10(1):e1001368.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001368. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Translating coverage gains into health gains for all women and children: the quality care opportunity

Wendy J Graham  1 , Affette McCaw-Binns, Stephen Munjanja
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Review

Translating coverage gains into health gains for all women and children: the quality care opportunity

Wendy J Graham et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

Wendy Graham and colleagues reflect on quality of maternal health care, the focus of Year 1 of the PLOS-MHTF Maternal Health Collection and its 18 new articles.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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