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When women deliver at home with no one present: Are health care systems in Uganda driving women away?

2019-10-21

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<h4>Background: </h4> Uganda’s maternal mortality remains unacceptably high, with thousands of women and newborns still dying of preventable deaths from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Despite the fact that over 95% of women in Uganda attend at least one antenatal care (ANC) visit, over 30% of women still deliver at home with no skilled birth attendant, many choosing to come to hospital after exper...

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Literature Corpus work: b17072a9-46dd-57af-8e73-e7c24491d51b
DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.16249/v1

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