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Health Policy
New findings in health policy described from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
August 18th, 2007
A new study, "Non-professional health practitioners and referrals to facilities: lessons from maternal care in Bangladesh," is now available. "Over half a million women in the developing world die of pregnancy and childbirth related causes each year, despite well-known interventions to manage most maternal complications. One problem facing policy makers is that women in low-income settings often seek care from a range of non-professional sources when they have trouble with pregnancy and childbirth," scientists in the United Kingdom report. "Questions remain as to the best way to engage with such providers to encourage use of professional care, in part because little...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2007-08-18)
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