Key bottlenecks to the provision of safe obstetric anaesthesia in low- income countries; a cross-sectional survey of 64 hospitals in Uganda

• Main Authors: Isabella Epiu (Author), Agnes Wabule (Author), Andrew Kambugu (Author), Harriet Mayanja-Kizza (Author), Jossy Verel Bahe Tindimwebwa (Author), Gerald Dubowitz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite recent advances in surgery and anaesthesia which significantly improve safety, many health facilities in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain chronically under-resourced with inability to cope effectively with serious obstetric complications (Knight et al., PLoS...