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Global Health Action Volume 10, 2017 - Issue sup4: MANIFEST (Maternal and Neonatal Implementation for Equitable Systems Study)
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‘Nurture the sprouting bud; do not uproot it’. Using saving groups to save for maternal and newborn health: lessons from rural Eastern Uganda

Elizabeth Ekirapa-KirachoMakerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ligia PainaDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAView further author information
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Rornald Muhumuza KananuraMakerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Aloysius MutebiMakerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-5488View further author information
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Pacuto JaneMakerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Juliet TumuhairweReproductive Health Division, Ministry of Health, UgandaView further author information
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Moses TetuiMakerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, Uganda;Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Umeå, SwedenORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-7601View further author information
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Suzanne N KiwanukaMakerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-4897View further author information
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Article: 1347311 | Received 05 Sep 2016, Accepted 19 Jun 2017, Published online: 18 Aug 2017

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Halkeno T. Tura, William T. Story & Armando Licoze. (2020) Community-based savings groups, women’s agency, and maternal health service utilisation: Evidence from Mozambique. Global Public Health 15:8, pages 1119-1129.
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Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Moses Tetui, Gertrude Namazzi, Aloysius Mutebi, Asha George, Ligia Paina, Peter Waiswa, Ahmed Bumba, Godfrey Mulekwa, Dinah Nakiganda-Busiku, Moses Lyagoba, Harriet Naiga, Mary Putan, Agatha Kulwenza, Judith Ajeani, Ayub Kakaire-Kirunda, Fred Makumbi, Lynn Atuyambe, Olico Okui & Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka. (2017) Effect of a participatory multisectoral maternal and newborn intervention on maternal health service utilization and newborn care practices: a quasi-experimental study in three rural Ugandan districts. Global Health Action 10:sup4.
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Aloysius Mutebi, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, John Bua, Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka, Gertrude Nammazi, Ligia Paina & Moses Tetui. (2017) Characteristics of community savings groups in rural Eastern Uganda: opportunities for improving access to maternal health services. Global Health Action 10:sup4.
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Eric Ssegujja, Yusuf Mulumba, Sally Guttmacher & Michelle Andipatin. (2021) The role and attributes of social networks in the provision of support to women after stillbirth: experiences from Uganda. BMC Women's Health 21:1.
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