An analysis of the practices of caesarean section in sub-Saharan Africa: A summary of the literature
Open Access
- 24 August 2019
- journal article
- Published by Peertechz Publications Private Limited in Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health
- Vol. 5 (2), 077-086
- https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000058
Abstract
Ensuring access to quality caesarean sections (CS) is a challenge for the next millennium and a sustainable development goal to reduce maternal and infant mortality.Keywords
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