A proposed new international convention supporting the rights of pregnant women and girls and their newborn infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 447-451

  Winrow, Benjamin ^a   Bile, Khalif ^b   Hafeez, Assad ^c   Davies, Hugh ^d   Brown, Nick ^e   Zafar, Shamsa ^f   Cham, Mamady ^g   Phillips, Barbara ^a   MacDonald, Rhona ^a   Southall, David P ^a  

^a Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI)   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO Pakistan   (Sweden)

^c HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STILLBIRTH; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD ADVOCACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84860319775     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300684     Document Type: Review

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