Developing and Costing Local Strategies to Improve Maternal and Child Health: The Investment Case Framework
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1 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia, 2 Centre for International Child Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3 Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 4 Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 5 UPecon Foundation, Inc., UP School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 6 Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India, 7 Centre for Health Service Management, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 8 New ERA, Rudramati Marg, Kalo Pul, Kathmandu, Nepal
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