Bridging the quality chasm in maternal, newborn, and child healthcare in low- and middle-income countries

Lars Åke Persson

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002465

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Bridging the quality chasm in maternal, newborn, and child healthcare in low- and middle-income countries

Lars Åke Persson

* E-mail: lars.persson@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-7954

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Bridging the quality chasm in maternal, newborn, and child healthcare in low- and middle-income countries

Lars Åke Persson

Published: December 12, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002465

About the Authors

Lars Åke Persson

* E-mail: lars.persson@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-7954

Competing Interests

LÅP is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

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