CGPH FACULTY:Ndola Prata
DATE OF PUBLICATION:April 2011
REGION: Africa
REFERENCE: Gessessew A, Barnabas GA, Prata N, Weidert K. Task shifting and sharing in Tigray, Ethiopia, to achieve comprehensive emergency obstetric care. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Apr;113(1):28-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.10.023.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: To assess the contribution of nonphysician clinicians (NPCs) to comprehensive emergency obstetric care (CEmOC) in Tigray, Ethiopia. Not only do NPCs perform a significant proportion of emergency obstetric procedures in Tigray, but the postoperative outcomes achieved under their care are similar to those attained by physicians. Strengthening NPC training programs in emergency obstetric surgery should further reduce maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity in Ethiopia.
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