Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
Date
2006Author
Graham, Wendy J
Cairns, John
Bhattacharya, Sohinee
Bullough, Colin H. W
Quayyum, Zahidu l
Rogo Khama O.
Type
Book chapterLanguage
enMetadata
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An estimated 210 million women become pregnant each year, and close to 60 million of these pregnancies end with the death of the mother (≈500,000) or the baby or as abortions. This chapter focuses on the adverse events of pregnancy and childbirth and on the intervention strategies to eliminate and ameliorate this burden
Citation
Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd editionPublisher
World Bank Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya