Perinatal mortality audit: Counting, accountability, and overcoming challenges in scaling up in low- and middle-income countries

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Pattinson, Robert ^a   Kerber, Kate ^b   Waiswa, Peter ^c,d,e   Day, Louise T ^f   Mussell, Felicity ^f   Asiruddin, Sk ^g   Blencowe, Hannah ^h   Lawn, Joy E ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d Iganga District Health Department   (Uganda)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f LAMB Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^g SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

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

ⁱ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Intrapartum related neonatal deaths; Low income countries; Mortality audit; Neonatal; Perinatal; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77949877673     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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