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Research conducted at E. Achadi and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about obstetrics

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 7th, 2008

According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "To examine the association between midwife density, other characteristics of midwifery provision and village contextual factors, and the percentage of births attended by a health professional and deliveries via caesarean section in two districts in West Java, Indonesia. Analysis of: (i) a census of midwives; (ii) a population-based survey of women who had delivered over a 2-year period; (iii) a census of all caesareans in the four hospitals serving the two districts; and (iv) data from National Statistical Office."

"At an average density of 2.2 midwives per 10 000 population, 33% of births are with a health...

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