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WHO recommendation on umbilical vein injection of oxytocin for the treatment of retained placenta

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 mL or more within 24 hours after birth and affects about 5% of all women giving birth around the world. Globally, nearly one quarter of all maternal deaths are associated with PPH and, in most low-income countries, it is the main cau...

WHO guidelines for the management of postpartum haemorrhage and retained placenta

One of the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2000 is to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters by 2015. If this is to be achieved, maternal deaths related to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) must be significantly reduced. In support of this, health workers in developing countries...