60 Million non-facility births: who can deliver in community settings to reduce intrapartum-related deaths?

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Published in Int J Gynaecol Obstet on October 01, 2009

Authors

Gary L Darmstadt1, Anne C C Lee, Simon Cousens, Lynn Sibley, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, France Donnay, Dave Osrin, Abhay Bang, Vishwajeet Kumar, Steven N Wall, Abdullah Baqui, Joy E Lawn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Gary.darmstadt@gatesfoundation.org

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