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Emergency Obstetric Care: Strategy for Reducing Maternal Mortality in Developing CountriesDOI: 10.3126/njog.v9i1.11179, PP. 8-16 Keywords: developing countries,emergency obstetric care,maternal mortality,Nepal Abstract: Twenty-five years have passed since the global community agreed in Nairobi to address the high maternal mortality by implementing the Safe Motherhood Initiative. However, every year nearly three million women die due to pregnancy related causes. This tragedy is avoidable if women have timely access to required emergency obstetric care.
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