Measuring the preparedness of health facilities to deliver emergency obstetric care in a South African district.

Improving the delivery of emergency obstetric care (EmNOC) remains critical in addressing direct causes of maternal mortality. United Nations (UN) agencies have promoted standard methods for evaluating the availability of EmNOC facilities although modifications have been proposed by others. This stu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Siphiwe Bridget Pearl Thwala, Duane Blaauw, Freddie Ssengooba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5875781?pdf=render