Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India | Zendy

Amarjit Singh | Zendy; Dileep Mavalankar | Zendy; Ramesh Bhat | Zendy; Ajesh Desai | Zendy; SR Patel | Zendy; Prabal Vikram Singh | Zendy; Neelu Singh | Zendy

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Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India

Author(s) -

Amarjit Singh,

Dileep Mavalankar,

Ramesh Bhat,

Ajesh Desai,

SR Patel,

Prabal Vikram Singh,

Neelu Singh

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.08.060228

Subject(s) - private sector , government (linguistics) , medicine , general partnership , public sector , public–private partnership , developing country , health care , rural area , socioeconomics , family medicine , business , economic growth , finance , political science , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , law , economics , sociology

India has the world's largest number of maternal deaths estimated at 117,000 per year. Past efforts to provide skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care in rural areas have not succeeded because obstetricians are not willing to be posted in government hospitals at subdistrict level.

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