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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 17, 2009 - Issue 34: Criminalisation of HIV, sexuality and reproduction
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Delay in the provision of adequate care to women who died from abortion-related complications in the principal maternity hospital of Gabon

Sosthene Mayi-TsongaChair, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du Centre Hospitalier de Libreville (CHL), Libreville, [email protected]
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Litochenko OksanaObstetrician-gynaecologist, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du CHL, Libreville, Gabon
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Isabelle NdombiObstetrician-gynaecologist, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du CHL, Libreville, Gabon
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Thierno DialloObstetrician-gynaecologist, Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Maternité du CHL, Libreville, Gabon
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Maria Helena de SousaStatistician, Center for Research in Reproductive Health, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Aníbal FaúndesProfessor of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Pages 65-70 | Published online: 03 Dec 2009

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