Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 65-70 , November 2009

Delay in the provision of adequate care to women who died from abortion-related complications in the principal maternity hospital of Gabon

  • Sosthene Mayi-Tsonga

      Affiliations

    • Chair, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du Centre Hospitalier de Libreville (CHL), Libreville, Gabon
    • ,
  • Litochenko Oksana

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrician-gynaecologist, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du CHL, Libreville, Gabon
    • ,
  • Isabelle Ndombi

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrician-gynaecologist, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du CHL, Libreville, Gabon
    • ,
  • Thierno Diallo

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrician-gynaecologist, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du CHL, Libreville, Gabon
    • ,
  • Maria Helena de Sousa

      Affiliations

    • Statistician, Center for Research in Reproductive Health, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Aníbal Faúndes

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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PII: S0968-8080(09)34465-1

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34465-1

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 34 , Pages 65-70 , November 2009

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