A community-based continuum of care model for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in rural Ghana

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-159

  Kapungu, Chisina T ^a   Mensah Homiah, Joseph ^b   Akosah, Eric ^b   Asare, Gloria ^c   Carnahan, Leslie ^a   Frimpong, Mavis A ^b   Mensah Bonsu, Paulina ^b   Ohemeng Dapaah, Seth ^b   Owusu Ansah, Lydia ^b   Geller, Stacie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Millennium Villages Project   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Maternal mortality; Misoprostol; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY CARE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84872825705     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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