Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India

• Main Authors: Amarjit Singh (Author), Dileep V Mavalankar (Author), Ramesh Bhat (Author), Ajesh Desai (Author), SR Patel (Author), Prabal V Singh (Author), Neelu Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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PROBLEM: India has the world's largest number of maternal deaths estimated at 117 000 per year. Past efforts to provide skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care in rural areas have not succeeded because obstetricians are not willing to be posted in government hospitals at subdistri...