International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 107, Issue 3 , Pages 191-197, December 2009

Cesarean delivery outcomes from the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in Africa☆

  • Archana Shah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Making Pregnancy Safer, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Making Pregnancy Safer, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 791 2740; fax: +41 22 791 5853.
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  • Bukola Fawole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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  • James Machoki M'Imunya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Faouzi Amokrane

      Affiliations

    • Ministère de la Santé, de la Population et de la Recherche Hospitalière, El-Madania, Alger, Algeria
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  • Idi Nafiou

      Affiliations

    • Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Niamey, Niger
    • ,
  • Jean-José Wolomby

      Affiliations

    • Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Département de Gynécologie et Obstétrique, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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  • Kidza Mugerwa

      Affiliations

    • Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Isilda Neves

      Affiliations

    • Delegação Provincial de Saúde de Luanda, Angola
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  • Rosemary Nguti

      Affiliations

    • Urban Research and Development Centre for Africa (URADCA), Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Marius Kublickas

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Matthews Mathai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Making Pregnancy Safer, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Received 16 April 2009; received in revised form 14 August 2009; accepted 24 August 2009. published online 28 September 2009.

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☆ Disclaimer: The views expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the decisions or stated policy of the World Health Organization.

PII: S0020-7292(09)00463-9

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.08.013

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 107, Issue 3 , Pages 191-197, December 2009

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