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“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi

  • Nozgechi Phiri ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Nozgechi Phiri, Kali Tal

    Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: nozgap@gmail.com

    Affiliations Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Baobab Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2866-1826

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  • Kali Tal ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Nozgechi Phiri, Kali Tal

    Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliations Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2454-2560

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  • Claire Somerville,

    Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Gender Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland

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  • Malango T. Msukwa,

    Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliations Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Baobab Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

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  • Olivia Keiser

    Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi

  • Nozgechi Phiri, 
  • Kali Tal, 
  • Claire Somerville, 
  • Malango T. Msukwa, 
  • Olivia Keiser
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  • Published: September 12, 2019
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222138
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