Post-partum detention of insolvent women and their newborns in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional survey

Post-partum detention of insolvent women and their newborns in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional survey

Background: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), maternal mortality is high, government financing for health care negligible, and 80% of people live in poverty. Women unable to pay hospital charges may be detained in hospital beyond the standard 3 days after an uncomplicated birth or...

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Main Authors:	Karen D Cowgill, PhD, Abel Ntambue, PhD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:	The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17301110

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