Excessive bleeding is a normal cleansing process: a qualitative study of postpartum haemorrhage among rural Uganda women.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on August 08, 2016

Authors

Sam Ononge1, Elialilia Sarikiaeli Okello2, Florence Mirembe3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. ononge2006@yahoo.com.
2: Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
3: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

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