Achieving community-based postpartum follow up in eastern Uganda: the field experience from the MamaMiso Study on antenatal distribution of misoprostol

Achieving community-based postpartum follow up in eastern Uganda: the field experience from the MamaMiso Study on antenatal distribution of misoprostol

Abstract Background Advance provision of misoprostol to women during antenatal care aims to achieve broader access to uterotonics for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage. Studies of this community-based approach usually involve antenatal education as well as timely postpartum follow-up visits to...

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Main Authors: James Ditai, Laura J. Frye, Jill Durocher, Meagan E. Byrne, Sam Ononge, Beverly Winikoff, Andrew D. Weeks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Follow up
Birth
Misoprostol
Self-administration
Uganda
Postpartum hemorrhage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2849-5

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