Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 15, Issue 30 , Pages 50-60 , November 2007

Educating Skilled Birth Attendants in Mexico: Do the Curricula Meet International Confederation of Midwives Standards?

  • Leslie Cragin

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Professor, University of California San Franciso, School of Medicine, Department Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, San Francisco CA, USA
    • ,
  • Lisa M DeMaria

      Affiliations

    • Investigator, Division of Health Economics and Evaluation, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
    • ,
  • Lourdes Campero

      Affiliations

    • Investigator, Division of Reproductive Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
    • ,
  • Dilys M Walker

      Affiliations

    • Investigator, Division of Reproductive Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

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PII: S0968-8080(07)30332-7

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)30332-7

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 15, Issue 30 , Pages 50-60 , November 2007

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