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Social and demographic data including gender, marital status, education, occupation, distance to the closest health facility and costs related to accessing ANC services were collected.
They also can document progress in closing energy gaps that may create a "silent barrier" to accessing health services, particularly for poor and vulnerable populations.
Miller and Pitnick [24] capture the importance of these structures in the following: "Likewise, the long and convoluted ducts through which sperm must travel within the female may serve to increase the difficulty for males in placing their sperm close to ova or accessing previously stored sperm, thereby enhancing female control over paternity".
Last year, UNICEF with support from donors and in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and other partners launched the Back to Learning campaign which saw close to 360,000 children accessing education by the end of 2015.
Moving curative services closer to communities can help to overcome important geographical barriers to accessing care for sick children.
In the context of our study, teaching about doctor-patient communication appeared to overshadow consideration of cultural awareness, barriers to accessing health care and the availability of the Closing the Gap program.
Living further than 100 km from a clinic was another significant barrier to accessing ART, given the increased travel and accommodation costs; therefore, those who lived close to the clinic were more likely to pay for ART.
Despite the close proximity of health services, for the most disadvantaged residents of Pasay City there remain significant barriers to accessing key MNCH interventions.
This is yet another unreasonable barrier to accessing higher education".
