Methodology and tools for quality improvement in maternal and newborn health care.

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Published in Int J Gynaecol Obstet on July 01, 2011

Authors

Joanna Raven1, Jan Hofman, Adetoro Adegoke, Nynke van den Broek

Author Affiliations

1: Maternal and Newborn Health Unit, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. j.raven@liverpool.ac.uk

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