Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors

OBJECTIVE: To investigate mortality in women in Burkina Faso in the 4 years following a life-threatening near-miss obstetric complication and to identify the medical, social and health-care-related causes of death. METHODS: In total, 1014 women were recruited after hospital discharge and followed fo...

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Main Authors: Katerini T Storeng, Seydou Drabo, Rasmané Ganaba, Johanne Sundby, Clara Calvert, Véronique Filippi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2012-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012000600009&lng=en&tlng=en