Effectiveness of strategies incorporating training and support of traditional birth attendants on perinatal and maternal mortality: Meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7840, 2012, Pages

  Wilson, Amie ^a   Gallos, Ioannis D ^a   Plana, Nieves ^b   Lissauer, David ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^c   Zamora, Javier ^b   MacArthur, Christine ^a   Coomarasamy, Arri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859010088     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7102     Document Type: Article

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