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Are community midwives addressing the inequities in access to skilled birth attendance in Punjab, Pakistan? Gender, class and social exclusion

BACKGROUND: Pakistan is one of the six countries estimated to contribute to over half of all maternal deaths worldwide. To address its high maternal mortality rate, in particular the inequities in access to maternal health care services, the government of Pakistan created a new cadre of community-ba...

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Autores principales: Mumtaz, Zubia, O’Brien, Beverley, Bhatti, Afshan, Jhangri, Gian S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-326