Maternal death and delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in Mozambique

• Main Authors: Leonardo Antonio Chavane (Author), Patricia Bailey (Author), Osvaldo Loquiha (Author), Martinho Dgedge (Author), Marc Aerts (Author), Marleen Temmerman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite declining trends maternal mortality remains an important public health issue in Mozambique. The delays to reach an appropriate health facility and receive care faced by woman with pregnancy related complications play an important role in the occurrence of these deaths. Th...