Status of emergency obstetric care in six developing countries five years before the MDG targets for maternal and newborn health.

<h4>Background</h4>Ensuring women have access to good quality Emergency Obstetric Care (EOC) is a key strategy to reducing maternal and newborn deaths. Minimum coverage rates are expected to be 1 Comprehensive (CEOC) and 4 Basic EOC (BEOC) facilities per 500,000 population.<h4>Meth...

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Main Authors: Charles Ameh, Sia Msuya, Jan Hofman, Joanna Raven, Matthews Mathai, Nynke van den Broek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23236357/?tool=EBI