The importance of midwifery to maternal and infant health in Afghanistan: Midwives making a difference

Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-220

  Bick, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34547845293     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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5. World Health Organization, International Confederation of Midwives, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), 2004. Making pregnancy safer: the critical role of the skilled birth attendant. WHO, Geneva.