Improving global maternal health: Progress, challenges, and promise

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 465-470

  Requejo, Jennifer H ^a,b   Merialdi, Mario ^b,c   Bustreo, Flavia ^c  

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

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

access to care; maternal mortality; political commitment; progress

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

AFRICA; ASIA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FATALITY; FETUS MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIMEDIA; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TELECOMMUNICATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 81255157511     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32834cdc9b     Document Type: Review

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