WHO's Robson platform for data-sharing on caesarean section rates

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, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
² Evidence Based Healthcare Postgraduate Program, São Paulo Federal University, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
⁷ Hospital de La Ribera, Valencia, Spain.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
⁹ Department of Perinatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Newton Opiyo et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2022.

. 2022 May 1;100(5):352-354.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.21.287742. Epub 2022 Apr 4.

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, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
² Evidence Based Healthcare Postgraduate Program, São Paulo Federal University, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
⁷ Hospital de La Ribera, Valencia, Spain.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
⁹ Department of Perinatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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