Delivering interventions to reduce the global burden of stillbirths: Improving service supply and community demand

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b   Haws, Rachel A ^b   Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar ^a   Lawn, Joy E ^c,d,e  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Save the Children   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FOLIC ACID; INSECTICIDE; IRON;

ANEMIA; BED NET; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS DISTRESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MALARIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STILLBIRTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 65649153008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-S1-S7     Document Type: Review

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