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Cesarean Section
Study results from World Health Organization in the area of cesarean section published
June 18th, 2009
"Afghanistan is one of the countries with highest maternal and perinatal mortality in the world. Lack of reliable data, however, makes it difficult to select and prioritise the interventions that would be most cost effective," researchers in Geneva, Switzerland report. "To gain some evidence, we review and analyse perinatal outcomes in facilities in Kabul and examine the role of patient risk and clinical practice factors. We used data for 2006 from a facility-based maternal and newborn surveillance system based on labour and delivery logbooks in the four government hospitals with maternity services in Kabul to analyse perinatal mortality and understanding potentially...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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