WHO recommendations on uterotonics for postpartum haemorrhage prevention: what works, and which one?

Affiliations

¹ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Maternal and Child Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Joshua P Vogel et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2019.

. 2019 Apr 11;4(2):e001466.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001466. eCollection 2019.

¹ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Maternal and Child Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: maternal health; postpartum haemorrhage; prevention; uterotonics.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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