How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Crowe, Sonya ^a   Utley, Martin ^a   Costello, Anthony ^b   Pagel, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SKILL; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; SOUTH ASIA; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855819320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-4     Document Type: Article

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