How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015?

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on January 17, 2012

Authors

Sonya Crowe1, Martin Utley, Anthony Costello, Christina Pagel

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, London, UK. sonya.crowe@ucl.ac.uk

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