Session 209:
Institutional Factors Influencing Maternal and Child Health and Survival
Chair: Alex C. Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Discussant: Jane Menken, University of Colorado at Boulder
Why Poor Women Don’t Deliver at Health Facilities in Developing Countries? A Comparison of Economic and Cultural Barriers • Mona Sharan, World Bank Group ; Qingfeng Li, Johns Hopkins University
Performance-Based Incentive for Improving Quality of Maternal Health Care Services in Bangladesh • Mohammad Masudul Alam, Population Council ; Ubaidur Rob, Population Council ; Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Population Council ; Farhana Akter, Population Council
WIC in Your Neighborhood: New Evidence on the Impacts of Geographic Access to Clinics • Maya Rossin-Slater, Columbia University
The Link between Maternal Health Services and Neonatal Mortality: Can Skilled Birth Attendants Decrease Neonatal Mortality? • Kavita Singh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Paul Brodish, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Chirayath Suchindran, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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