The effect of providing skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care in preventing stillbirths
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Of the global burden of 2.6 million stillbirths, around 1.2 million occur during labour i.e. are intrapartum deaths. In low-/middle-income countries, a significant proportion of women give birth at home, usually in the absence of a s...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S3/S7 |