Postpartum hemorrhage prevention in Nepal: a program assessment

• Main Authors: Swaraj Pradhan Rajbhandari (Author), Kamal Aryal (Author), Wendy R. Sheldon (Author), Bharat Ban (Author), Senendra Raj Upreti (Author), Kiran Regmi (Author), Shilu Aryal (Author), Beverly Winikoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2009, the Nepal Ministry of Health and Population launched a national program for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) during home births that features advance distribution of misoprostol to pregnant women. In the years since, the government has scaled-up the program thro...