Implementing community-based perinatal care: results from a pilot study in rural Pakistan

Implementing community-based perinatal care: results from a pilot study in rural Pakistan

OBJECTIVE: This pilot study investigated the feasibility of delivering a package of community-based interventions for improving perinatal care using lady health workers (LHWs) and traditional birth attendants (Dais) in rural Pakistan. METHODS: The intervention was implemented in four of eight villag...

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Main Authors: Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Zahid A Memon, Sajid Soofi, Muhammad Suhail Salat, Simon Cousens, Jose Martines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2008-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008000600013&lng=en&tlng=en

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