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. 1999 Sep;15(3):146-53.
doi: 10.1016/s0266-6138(99)90059-1.

Poor and pregnant in Africa: safe motherhood and human rights

A Thompson  1
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Poor and pregnant in Africa: safe motherhood and human rights

A Thompson. Midwifery. 1999 Sep.

Abstract

Currently almost 600,000 women die in the world each year owing to the effects of childbirth. The greater proportion of these deaths occur in developing countries. This issue is considered in the light of human rights and equity. This paper was presented in a Plenary session at the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand's third annual congress in Melbourne, March 1999.

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