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Addressing the First Delay in Saving Mothers, Giving Life Districts in Uganda and Zambia: Approaches and Results for Increasing Demand for Facility Delivery Services

Florina Serbanescu, Mary M. Goodwin, Susanna Binzen, Diane Morof, Alice R. Asiimwe, Laura Kelly, Christina Wakefield, Brenda Picho, Jessica Healey, Agnes Nalutaaya, Leoda Hamomba, Vincent Kamara, Gregory Opio, Frank Kaharuza, Curtis Blanton, Fredrick Luwaga, Mona Steffen and Claudia Morrissey Conlon on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2019, 7(Supplement 1):S48-S67; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00343
Florina Serbanescu
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Mary M. Goodwin
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Susanna Binzen
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Diane Morof
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
bU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Rockville, MD, USA.
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Alice R. Asiimwe
cBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Laura Kelly
dDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Now with Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Christina Wakefield
eSocial and Behavior Change, The Manoff Group, Washington, DC, USA.
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Brenda Picho
fInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Jessica Healey
gU.S. Agency for International Development, Lusaka, Zambia. Now based in Monrovia, Liberia.
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Agnes Nalutaaya
fInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Leoda Hamomba
hDivision of Global HIV and TB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Vincent Kamara
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Gregory Opio
iInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kibaale, Uganda.
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Frank Kaharuza
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Curtis Blanton
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Fredrick Luwaga
cBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Mona Steffen
kBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. Now with ICF, Rockville, MD, USA.
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Claudia Morrissey Conlon
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Addressing the First Delay in Saving Mothers, Giving Life Districts in Uganda and Zambia: Approaches and Results for Increasing Demand for Facility Delivery Services
Florina Serbanescu, Mary M. Goodwin, Susanna Binzen, Diane Morof, Alice R. Asiimwe, Laura Kelly, Christina Wakefield, Brenda Picho, Jessica Healey, Agnes Nalutaaya, Leoda Hamomba, Vincent Kamara, Gregory Opio, Frank Kaharuza, Curtis Blanton, Fredrick Luwaga, Mona Steffen, Claudia Morrissey Conlon
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