Local health workers’ perceptions of substandard care in the management of obstetric hemorrhage in rural Malawi
Open Access
- 15 February 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Vol. 13 (1) , 39
Abstract
To identify factors contributing to the high incidence of facility-based obstetric hemorrhage in Thyolo District, Malawi, according to local health workers.Keywords
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