Use of assisted vaginal birth to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections and improve maternal and perinatal outcomes

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¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: bnolens@yahoo.com.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
³ Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.
⁴ School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Port Moresby General Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
⁷ Fajikunda Major Health Centre, Serekunda, The Gambia.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.

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Barbara Nolens et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Apr.

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. 2019 Apr;7(4):e408-e409.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30043-9.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: bnolens@yahoo.com.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
³ Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.
⁴ School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Port Moresby General Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
⁷ Fajikunda Major Health Centre, Serekunda, The Gambia.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.

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