Evaluation of health workforce competence in maternal and neonatal issues in public health sector of Pakistan: an Assessment of their training needs

• Main Authors: Jafarey Sadiqua N (Author), Khan Shuaib (Author), Feroze Asher B (Author), Sadiq Kamran (Author), Soofi Sajid B (Author), Ariff Shabina (Author), Ali Nabeela (Author), Bhutta Zulfiqar A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>More than 450 newborns die every hour worldwide, before they reach the age of four weeks (neonatal period) and over 500,000 women die from complications related to childbirth. The major direct causes of neonatal death are infections...