Status of Emergency Obstetric Care in Six Developing Countries Five Years before the MDG Targets for Maternal and Newborn Health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ameh, Charles ^a   Msuya, Sia ^a   Hofman, Jan ^a   Raven, Joanna ^a   Mathai, Matthews ^b   van den Broek, Nynke ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b World Health Organisation ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INDIA; KENYA; MALAWI; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN CARE; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; SIERRA LEONE; STILLBIRTH; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84870846965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049938     Document Type: Article

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