Improved access to comprehensive emergency obstetric care and its effect on institutional maternal mortality in rural Mali

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a national referral system that aims to reduce maternal mortality rates through improving access to and the quality of emergency obstetric care in rural Mali (sub-Saharan Africa). METHODS: A maternity referral system that included basic and comprehensive emergenc...

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Main Authors: Pierre Fournier, Alexandre Dumont, Caroline Tourigny, Geoffrey Dunkley, Sékou Dramé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2009-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009000100011&lng=en&tlng=en