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

• Main Authors: Pierre Fournier (Author), Alexandre Dumont (Author), Caroline Tourigny (Author), Geoffrey Dunkley (Author), Sékou Dramé (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...