Policy makers' perspective on the provision of maternal health services via mobile health clinics in Tanzania-Findings from key informant interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the operational feasibility of using mobile health clinics to reach the chronically underserved population with maternal and child health (MCH) services in Tanzania.

Design

We conducted fifteen key informant interviews (KIIs) with policy makers and district health officials to explore issues related to mobile health clinic implementation and their perceived impact.

Main results

Policy makers' perspective indicates that mobile health clinics have improved coverage of essential maternal and child health interventions; however, they face financial, human resource-related and logistic constraints. Reported are the increased engagement of the community and awareness of the importance of MCH services, which is believed to have a positive effect on uptak

SUBMITTER: Neke NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128610 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature