Caesarean section for stillborn babies, Benin, Malawi, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania
Unknown fetal heartbeat at admission was associated with a higher odds of caesarean section, possibly due to attempts to provide optimum care given diagnostic uncertainty. Decision-making processes on the mode of birth need to be better understood and feasible fetal monitoring recommendations are required for low-resource settings.
Authors
- Jean‐Paul Dossou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1681-2604)
- Andrea B. Pembe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-3298)
- Hussein Kidanto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9167-8068)
- Peter Waiswa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8221-902X)
- Aliki Christou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9525-8255)
- Claudia Hanson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-7873)
- Bianca Kandeya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-4618)
- Christian Mahugnon Agossou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-0508)
- Effie Chipeta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7925-3443)
- Lenka Beňová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-365X)
- Muzdalifat Abeid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6196-168X)
- Nicola Orsini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2210-5634)
- Maria del Rosario Alsina
Institutions
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Aga Khan University (TZ)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.24.292424
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49