Community-based distribution of misoprostol to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at home births: results from operations research in rural Ghana.

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Published in BJOG on November 28, 2013

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S Geller1, L Carnahan, E Akosah, G Asare, R Agyemang, R Dickson, C Kapungu, L Owusu-Ansah, N Robinson, J Mensah-Homiah

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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