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Labour companionship and women’s experiences of mistreatment during childbirth: results from a multi-country community-based survey

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  • Mamadou Dioulde Balde Cellulle de Recherche en Sante de la Reproduction en Guinee (CERREGUI), Conakry, Guinea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Khalidha Nasiri Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hedieh Mehrtash Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anne-Marie Soumah Cellulle de Recherche en Sante de la Reproduction en Guinee (CERREGUI), Conakry, Guinea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Meghan A Bohren Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Boubacar Alpha Diallo Cellulle de Recherche en Sante de la Reproduction en Guinee (CERREGUI), Conakry, Guinea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Theresa Azonima Irinyenikan Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Clinical Schools, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thae Maung Maung Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Soe Soe Thwin Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adeniyi K Aderoba Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Clinical Schools, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo, Nigeria PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joshua P Vogel Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Programme, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nwe Oo Mon Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Özge Tunçalp Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mamadou Dioulde Balde; baldemddka{at}gmail.com
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Citation

Balde MD, Nasiri K, Mehrtash H, et al
Labour companionship and women’s experiences of mistreatment during childbirth: results from a multi-country community-based survey
BMJ Global Health 2022;5:e003564.

Publication history

  • Received July 28, 2020
  • Revised September 16, 2020
  • Accepted September 19, 2020
  • First published November 23, 2020.
Online issue publication 
March 27, 2024

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