The effects of centering pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes in northern Nigeria; a prospective cohort analysis

• Main Authors: George I. Eluwa (Author), Sylvia B. Adebajo (Author), Kwasi Torpey (Author), Oladapo Shittu (Author), Shittu Abdu-Aguye (Author), Daniel Pearlman (Author), Umma Bawa (Author), Aira Olorukooba (Author), Hadiza Khamofu (Author), Robert Chiegli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal and infant mortality remains high in Nigeria primarily due to low use of skilled birth attendants. Huge disparities exist between southern and northen Nigeria on use of skilled birth attendants with south significantly higher than the north. We assessed the effect of cen...