Exploring providers’ perceived barriers to utilization of antenatal and delivery services in urban and rural communities of Ebonyi state, Nigeria: A qualitative study

• Pearl Chizobam Eke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing Services, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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• Edmund Ndudi Ossai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ossai_2@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-4898

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• Irene Ifeyinwa Eze,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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• Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria, Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki, Nigeria

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