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Monitoring emergency obstetric care : a handbook.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obstetrical emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Obstetrical emergencies.
- Emergency medical services--Quality control--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Emergency medical services.
- Maternal health services--Quality control--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Maternal health services.
- Health services accessibility--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Health services accessibility.
- Health status indicators--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Health status indicators.
- Mothers--Mortality--Prevention--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Mothers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This handbook is an update of an earlier publication on monitoring the availability and use of obstetric services issued by UNICEF WHO and UNFPA in 1997. The indicators defined within the publication have been used by ministries of health, international agencies and program managers in over 50 countries around the world. This revision incorporates changes based on monitoring and assessment conducted worldwide and the emerging evidence on the topic over the years and has been agreed by an international panel of experts. It includes two new indicators and an additional signal function with updat
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Executive summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Indicators for EmOC; 3. Collecting data for the indicators; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C
- Notes:
- "The handbook is based on the publication Guidelines for monitoring the availability and use of obstetric services (1997)."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-59).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45617-2
- 9786612456176
- 92-4-068417-4
- OCLC:
- 609852918
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