Editorial

. 2018 Sep 24;18(Suppl 1):366.

doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1974-z.

The potential of community engagement to improve mother and child health in Ethiopia - what works and how should it be measured?

Peter Byass^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology and Global Health, Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, 90,185, Umeå, Sweden. peter.byass@umu.se.
² Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. peter.byass@umu.se.
³ Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, Scotland. peter.byass@umu.se.

PMID: 30255787
PMCID: PMC6157257
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1974-z

Editorial

The potential of community engagement to improve mother and child health in Ethiopia - what works and how should it be measured?

Peter Byass. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018.

. 2018 Sep 24;18(Suppl 1):366.

doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1974-z.

Author

Peter Byass^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology and Global Health, Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, 90,185, Umeå, Sweden. peter.byass@umu.se.
² Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. peter.byass@umu.se.
³ Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, Scotland. peter.byass@umu.se.

PMID: 30255787
PMCID: PMC6157257
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1974-z

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