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Safer motherhood — a midwifery challenge

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A Maternal Death is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes (WHO 1979).

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Kensington, M. (1993). Safer motherhood — a midwifery challenge. In: Alexander, J., Levy, V., Roch, S. (eds) Midwifery Practice. Midwifery Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12936-2_7

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