Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 33 , Pages 45-50 , May 2009

Community-based skilled birth attendants in Bangladesh: attending deliveries at home

  • Tahera Ahmed

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Representative, UNFPA Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • ,
  • SM Jakaria

      Affiliations

    • Programme Associate, UNFPA Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

References 

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PII: S0968-8080(09)33446-1

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)33446-1

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 33 , Pages 45-50 , May 2009