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The state of the world’s midwifery 2011: delivering health, saving lives

The state of the world’s midwifery 2011: delivering health, saving lives
The state of the world’s midwifery 2011: delivering health, saving lives
Increasing women's access to quality midwifery has become a focus of global efforts to realize the right of every woman to the best possible health care during pregnancy and childbirth. A first step is assessing the situation.

The State of World's Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives, supported by 30 partners, provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues in countries where the needs are greatest.

The report provides new information and data gathered from 58 countries in all regions of the world. Its analysis confirms that the world lacks some 350,000 skilled midwives - 112,000 in the neediest 38 countries surveyed - to fully meet the needs of women around the world. The report explores a range of issues related to building up this key health workforce.
978-0-89714-995-2
United Nations Population Fund
Campbell, Jim
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Fauveau, Vincent
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ten Hoope-Bender, Petra
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Matthews, Zoë
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McManus, Joanne
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UNFPA
Campbell, Jim
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Fauveau, Vincent
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ten Hoope-Bender, Petra
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Campbell, Jim, Fauveau, Vincent, ten Hoope-Bender, Petra, Matthews, Zoë and McManus, Joanne , UNFPA (2011) The state of the world’s midwifery 2011: delivering health, saving lives , New York, US. United Nations Population Fund, 179pp.

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Abstract

Increasing women's access to quality midwifery has become a focus of global efforts to realize the right of every woman to the best possible health care during pregnancy and childbirth. A first step is assessing the situation.

The State of World's Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives, supported by 30 partners, provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues in countries where the needs are greatest.

The report provides new information and data gathered from 58 countries in all regions of the world. Its analysis confirms that the world lacks some 350,000 skilled midwives - 112,000 in the neediest 38 countries surveyed - to fully meet the needs of women around the world. The report explores a range of issues related to building up this key health workforce.

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Published date: 2011
Organisations: Social Statistics & Demography

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Local EPrints ID: 344823
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344823
ISBN: 978-0-89714-995-2
PURE UUID: dfe0cf5d-1923-4dad-bb0e-0d9d3d9ec070
ORCID for Zoë Matthews: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1533-6618

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Date deposited: 05 Nov 2012 17:03
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: Jim Campbell
Author: Vincent Fauveau
Author: Petra ten Hoope-Bender
Author: Zoë Matthews ORCID iD
Author: Joanne McManus
Corporate Author: UNFPA

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