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. 1991 Nov;36(3):195-201.
doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90713-f.

The risk approach for reducing maternal mortality: the Yaounde experience

B T Nasah  1 , R J Leke, A S Doh, J K Moyo, J Fomulu, O M Njikam
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The risk approach for reducing maternal mortality: the Yaounde experience

B T Nasah et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

A review of the strategy of the risk approach to maternal care in the obstetrics and gynecology services of CUSS over a 12-year period has been reported. By combining antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum family planning components and by a rational deployment of personnel and restricted resources, the maternal mortality ratio was decreased by up to 60% in one unit and maintained at 0-0.84 per 1000 in the other unit. The package is proposed as a prototype for Africa and the developing world.

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