Obstetrics in the Tropics. In: Manson’s Tropical Diseases 23rd Edition,.
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2014
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Elsevier Saunders
Abstract
This chapter cannot attempt to provide all the obstetric or perinatal knowledge that is needed to work in the tropics. The
Millennium Development Goals have led to a wealth of freely available online materials addressing maternal and infant
mortality and health, many of which are referred to at:http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/ This chapter highlights the common pitfalls related to obstetrics in the tropics and provides readers with the corapproaches to providing effective maternity care at each level to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity.
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Manson's, Tropical diseases
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Rose McGready, Glen D. Liddell Mola, Marcus Rijken, Francois H. Nosten, Theonest Mutabingwa (2014). Obstetrics in the Tropics. In: Manson’s Tropical Diseases, 23rd Edition, Chapter 79, 1177-1196, Ed. Jeremy Farrar, Peter J. Hotez, Thomas Junghanss, Gagandeep Kang, David Lalloo, Nicholas J. White. Elsevier Saunders.