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Challenges of Implementing Antenatal Ultrasound Screening in a Rural Study Site: A Case Study From the Democratic Republic of the Congo

David Swanson, Adrien Lokangaka, Melissa Bauserman, Jonathan Swanson, Robert O Nathan, Antoinette Tshefu, Elizabeth M McClure, Carl L Bose, Ana Garces, Sarah Saleem, Elwyn Chomba, Fabian Esamai and Robert L Goldenberg
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):315-324; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00191
David Swanson
aUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Adrien Lokangaka
bKinshasa School of Public Heath, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Melissa Bauserman
cUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Jonathan Swanson
aUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Robert O Nathan
aUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Antoinette Tshefu
bKinshasa School of Public Heath, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Elizabeth M McClure
dRTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
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  • For correspondence: mcclure{at}rti.org
Carl L Bose
cUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Ana Garces
dRTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
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Sarah Saleem
eAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Elwyn Chomba
fUniversity of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Fabian Esamai
gMoi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
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Robert L Goldenberg
hColumbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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vol. 5 no. 2 315-324
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00191
PubMed 
28655805

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: June 9, 2016
  • Accepted: February 21, 2017
  • Published online June 27, 2017.

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© Swanson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00191

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  1. David Swansona,
  2. Adrien Lokangakab,
  3. Melissa Bausermanc,
  4. Jonathan Swansona,
  5. Robert O Nathana,
  6. Antoinette Tshefub,
  7. Elizabeth M McClured⇑,
  8. Carl L Bosec,
  9. Ana Garcesd,
  10. Sarah Saleeme,
  11. Elwyn Chombaf,
  12. Fabian Esamaig,
  13. Robert L Goldenbergh
  1. aUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  2. bKinshasa School of Public Heath, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  3. cUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
  4. dRTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
  5. eAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
  6. fUniversity of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
  7. gMoi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
  8. hColumbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Elizabeth McClure (mcclure{at}rti.org).
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