Empowering women to control post-partum haemorrhage

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9713, 2010, Pages 459-460

  Potts, Malcolm ^a   Prata, Ndola ^a   El Refaey, Hazem ^b   Sanghvi, Harsah ^c   Darney, Phil ^d   Ades, Veronica ^d   Jafarey, Sadiqua N ^e   Rwamushaija, Emmanuel ^f   Hodoglugil, Nuriye ^g   Bique, Cassimo ^h   Gomez, Rudofo ⁱ   Rokotovao, Jean Paul ^j   Quaiyum, Abdul ^k   Karanja, Joseph ^l   Kuchingale, Edgar ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f Venture Strategies Innovations   (Tanzania)

^g Venture Strategies Innovations   (United States)

^h J Macamo Hospital   (Mozambique)

ⁱ IPAS   (United States)

^j Befelatanana Maternity Centre   (Madagascar)

^k INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^m MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 75949084844     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60192-4     Document Type: Letter

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