Reducing maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leratong Hospital, Krugersdorp, South Africa.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Editorial

Emeka Kingsley Ekwuazi et al. Case Rep Womens Health. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 9:39:e00542.

doi: 10.1016/j.crwh.2023.e00542. eCollection 2023 Sep.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leratong Hospital, Krugersdorp, South Africa.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: Avoidable factors; Low- and middle-income countries; Maternal mortality; Maternal mortality ratio; Pregnancy.

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