Providing maternal health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal

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¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, 56700, Nepal. Electronic address: rkarkee@gmail.com.
² Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Rajendra Karkee et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;8(10):e1243-e1244.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30350-8. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, 56700, Nepal. Electronic address: rkarkee@gmail.com.
² Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study.
Kc A, Gurung R, Kinney MV, Sunny AK, Moinuddin M, Basnet O, Paudel P, Bhattarai P, Subedi K, Shrestha MP, Lawn JE, Målqvist M. Kc A, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Oct;8(10):e1273-e1281. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30345-4. Epub 2020 Aug 10. Lancet Glob Health. 2020. PMID: 32791117 Free PMC article.

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