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Using mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in Ethiopia

Zeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu Betemariam
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
Zeleke Yimechew Nigussie
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Ephrem Tekle Lemango
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vol. 9 no. 3 668-681
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
PubMed 
34593589

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
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  • Received: October 26, 2020
  • Accepted: May 20, 2021
  • Published online September 30, 2021.

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  1. Zeleke Yimechew Nigussiea⇑,
  2. Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheala,
  3. Gizachew Tadele Tiruneha,
  4. Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayoua,
  5. Getnet Alem Teklua,
  6. Esubalew Sebsibe Kibreta,
  7. Kristin Eiflerb,
  8. Sarah E. Hodsdonb,
  9. Dessalew Emaway Altayea,
  10. Leona Rosenblumb,
  11. Yeshiwork Aklilu Getua,
  12. Zinar Nebia,
  13. Ephrem Tekle Lemangoc,
  14. Eyob Kebedec,
  15. Wuleta Aklilu Betemariama
  1. aJSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  2. bJSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
  3. cMinistry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  1. Correspondence to Zeleke Yimechew Nigussie (zyimechew{at}gmail.com).
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Using mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in Ethiopia
Zeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede, Wuleta Aklilu Betemariam
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Using mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in Ethiopia
Zeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede, Wuleta Aklilu Betemariam
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