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Health System Strengthening Through Professional Midwives in Bangladesh: Best Practices, Challenges, and Successes

Farida Begum, Rowsan Ara, Amirul Islam, Stephanie Marriott, Anna Williams and Rondi Anderson
Global Health: Science and Practice October 2023, 11(5):e2300081; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00081
Farida Begum
aUnited Nations Population Fund, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Rowsan Ara
aUnited Nations Population Fund, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Amirul Islam
aUnited Nations Population Fund, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Stephanie Marriott
bLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England.
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Anna Williams
cData, Design + Writing, Oregon City, Oregon, USA.
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dUnited Nations Population Fund, Aleppo, Syria.
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vol. 11 no. 5 e2300081
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00081
PubMed 
37903587

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: February 24, 2023
  • Accepted: September 13, 2023
  • Published online October 30, 2023.

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  1. Farida Beguma,
  2. Rowsan Araa,
  3. Amirul Islama,
  4. Stephanie Marriottb,
  5. Anna Williamsc,
  6. Rondi Andersond⇑
  1. aUnited Nations Population Fund, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  2. bLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England.
  3. cData, Design + Writing, Oregon City, Oregon, USA.
  4. dUnited Nations Population Fund, Aleppo, Syria.
  1. Correspondence to Rondi Anderson (sakapana{at}gmail.com).
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