International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 213

Full Length Research Paper

A case series of maternal-newborn delivery outcomes in rural Zambia

Julie M. Buser
  • Julie M. Buser
  • Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, 400 N. Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, University of Michigan, USA.
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Carol J. Boyd
  • Carol J. Boyd
  • Deborah J Oakley Collegiate Professor Emerita, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), Institute for Research on Mothers and Gender, University of Michigan, USA.
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Cheryl A. Moyer
  • Cheryl A. Moyer
  • Global REACH, Departments of Learning Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, USA.
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Davy Zulu
  • Davy Zulu
  • Ministry of Health, Lundazi, Zambia.
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Alice Ngoma-Hazemba
  • Alice Ngoma-Hazemba
  • Department of Community and Family Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Jessy T. Mtenje
  • Jessy T. Mtenje
  • Africare-Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Andrew D. Jones
  • Andrew D. Jones
  • Center for Human Growth and Development; Global Public Health Faculty Associate, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
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Jody R. Lori
  • Jody R. Lori
  • Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, 400 N. Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, University of Michigan, USA.
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  •  Received: 28 October 2019
  •  Accepted: 02 April 2020
  •  Published: 30 April 2020

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