Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: An experience from Burundi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-174

  Tayler Smith, K ^a   Zachariah, R ^a   Manzi, M ^a   Van den Boogaard, W ^a   Nyandwi, G ^a   Reid, T ^a   Van den Bergh, R ^a   De Plecker, E ^b   Lambert, V ^b   Nicolai, M ^b   Goetghebuer, S ^b   Christaens, B ^a   Ndelema, B ^a   Kabangu, A ^a   Manirampa, J ^c   Harries, A D ^d,e  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of Health   (Burundi)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burundi; Emergency obstetric care; Maternal mortality; Millennium Development Goal

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURUNDI; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

BURUNDI;

EID: 84872679692     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12022     Document Type: Article

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