Readiness of district and regional hospitals in Burkina Faso to provide caesarean section and blood transfusion services: A cross-sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Compaoré, Georges D ^a   Sombié, Issiaka ^a   Ganaba, Rasmané ^b   Hounton, Sennen ^c   Meda, Nicolas ^a   Brouwere, Vincent D ^d   Borchert, Matthias ^e,f  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b AFRICSanté ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Burkina Faso; Caesarean section; Hospitals; Readiness

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURKINA FASO; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL; SURGEON; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURKINA FASO; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84900340370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-158     Document Type: Article

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