Obstetric care in low-resource settings: What, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up?

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Justus Hofmeyr, G ^a   Haws, Rachel A ^b   Bergström, Staffan ^c,d   Lee, Anne C C ^d,e   Okong, Pius ^f   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b   Mullany, Luke C ^b   Oo, Eh Kalu Shwe ^g   Lawn, Joy E ^e,h  

^a Eastern Cape Department of Health   (South Africa)

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

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^f St Raphael of St Francis Hospital   (Uganda)

^g Karen Department of Health and Welfare   (Thailand)

^h SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia asphyxia neonatorum; Childbirth care; Emergency obstetric care; Intrapartum care; Intrapartum related mortality; Low income countries; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860003654     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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