The impact and cost of scaling up midwifery and obstetrics in 58 low- and middle-income countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Bartlett, Linda ^a,d   Weissman, Eva ^b   Gubin, Rehana ^c   Patton Molitors, Rachel ^a   Friberg, Ingrid K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Futures Institute   (United States)

^c JHPIEGO   (United States)

^d Baltimore City Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; BOLIVIA; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COTE D'IVOIRE; DELIVERY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DJIBOUTI; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; GUYANA; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; KENYA; LABOR; LAOS; LIBERIA; LIVE BIRTH; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MAURITANIA; MIDWIFE; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICIAN; OBSTETRICS; PAKISTAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PUERPERIUM; RWANDA; SCALE UP; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; TAJIKISTAN; TANZANIA; TIMOR-LESTE; TOGO; UGANDA; UZBEKISTAN; VIET NAM; YEMEN; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; PERINATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84903200411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098550     Document Type: Article

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