Availability and quality of emergency obstetric care in Gambia's main referral hospital: women-users' testimonies.

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Published in Reprod Health on April 14, 2009

Authors

Mamady Cham1, Johanne Sundby, Siri Vangen

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway. mamady_cham@hotmail.com

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