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. 2004 Oct 30;329(7473):1036-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1036.

Putting evidence into practice: how middle and low income countries "get it together"

Paul Garner  1 , Martin Meremikwu, Jimmy Volmink, Qian Xu, Helen Smith
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Putting evidence into practice: how middle and low income countries "get it together"

Paul Garner et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The scarcity of resources in poorer countries means that ensuring health care is evidence based is particularly important. A group of workers active in the field describe their experiences of trying to do just that

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Educational materials used in the “better births initiative” in South Africa—a low cost programme to communicate best practice to midwives and doctors on labour wards
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