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What the percentage of births in facilities does not measure: readiness for emergency obstetric care and referral in Senegal.

Francesca L CavallaroLenka BenovaEl Hadji DioukhaneKerry L M WongPaula SheppardAdama FayeEmma RadovichAlexandre DumontAbdou Salam MbengueCarine RonsmansMelisa Martinez-Alvarez
Published in: BMJ global health (2020)
Our findings imply that many lower-level public facilities-the most common place of birth in Senegal-are unable to treat or refer women with obstetric complications, especially in rural areas. In light of rising lower-level facility births in Senegal and elsewhere, improvements in EmONC and referral readiness are urgently needed to accelerate reductions in maternal and perinatal mortality.
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