Effects of a Skilled Care Initiative on pregnancy-related mortality in rural Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Hounton, Sennen ^a   Menten, Joris ^b   Ouédraogo, Moctar ^a   Dubourg, Dominique ^b   Meda, Nicolas ^a   Ronsmans, Carine ^c   Byass, Peter ^d   De Brouwere, Vincent ^b  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Effectiveness; Maternal mortality; Pregnancy related mortality; Skilled attendance at delivery

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SKILL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; DIAPAGA; OUARGAYE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 45149110820     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02087.x     Document Type: Article

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