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Exploring the Adaptations of the Free Maternity Policy Implementation by Health Workers and County Officials in Kenya

Boniface Oyugi, Sally Kendall, Stephen Peckham, Stacey Orangi and Edwine Barasa
Global Health: Science and Practice October 2023, 11(5):e2300083; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00083
Boniface Oyugi
aM and E Advisory Group, Nairobi, Kenya.
bCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
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Sally Kendall
bCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
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bCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
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Stacey Orangi
cHealth Economics Research Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Edwine Barasa
cHealth Economics Research Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
dCenter for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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vol. 11 no. 5 e2300083
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00083
PubMed 
37903583

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: March 12, 2023
  • Accepted: September 26, 2023
  • Published online October 30, 2023.

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  1. Boniface Oyugia,b⇑,
  2. Sally Kendallb,
  3. Stephen Peckhamb,
  4. Stacey Orangic,
  5. Edwine Barasac,d
  1. aM and E Advisory Group, Nairobi, Kenya.
  2. bCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
  3. cHealth Economics Research Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
  4. dCenter for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
  1. Correspondence to Boniface Oyugi (boyugi{at}uonbi.ac.ke).
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