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Barriers Or Gaps In Implementation Of Misoprostol Use For Post-Abortion Care And Post-Partum Hemorrhage Prevention In Developing Countries: A Systematic Review, Amirali Samnani, Narjis Rizvi, Tazeen Ali, Farina Abrejo
Barriers Or Gaps In Implementation Of Misoprostol Use For Post-Abortion Care And Post-Partum Hemorrhage Prevention In Developing Countries: A Systematic Review, Amirali Samnani, Narjis Rizvi, Tazeen Ali, Farina Abrejo
Community Health Sciences
Background: Around 303,000 maternal deaths occur every year; most of these are preventable (World Health Organization), ICD-10: International classification of diseases and related health problems, 10th revision. Volume 2: Instruction manual, 2010). Ninety-nine percent of these maternal deaths occur in developing countries. PPH contributed 35 % (35%) of total maternal. Several interventions being done to reduce the number of maternal deaths. It has been noted that a simple low cost intervention of providing misoprostol timely could prevent these deaths.
Objectives: The objectives of this systematic review was to identify barriers/gaps in the implementation of misoprostol use for prevention of …