WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates.

Volume: 123, Issue: 5, Pages: 667 - 670
Published: Apr 1, 2016
Abstract
In 1985 when a group of experts convened by the World Health Organization in Fortaleza, Brazil, met to discuss the appropriate technology for birth, they echoed what at that moment was considered an unjustified and remarkable increase of caesarean section (CS) rates worldwide.1 Based on the evidence available at that time, the experts in Fortaleza concluded: ‘there is no justification for any region to have a caesarean section rate higher than...
Paper Details
Title
WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates.
Published Date
Apr 1, 2016
Volume
123
Issue
5
Pages
667 - 670
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