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An assisted obstetric delivery device for resource-limited settings

Hessburg et al., 2012

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Document ID
2095353980329661660
Author
Hessburg J
Murthy P
Patel K
Ostrowski D
Sienko K
Publication year
Publication venue
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship

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Pregnancy related mortalities account for the death of 350,000 women annually, and 99% of these mortalities occur in developing countries. Obstructed labor is one of the four leading causes of maternal mortality, in part because of inadequate access to assisted delivery …
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