The Pan African Medical Journal (Mar 2018)

A case-control study of factors associated with caesarean sections at health facilities in Kabarole District, Western Uganda, 2016

  • Jacinta Dusabe,
  • Joseph Akuze,
  • Angela Nakanwagi Kisakye,
  • Benon Kwesiga,
  • Peter Nsubuga,
  • Elizabeth Ekirapa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.29.179.14870
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 179

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: World Health Organization estimates that the appropriate caesarean section rates should range from 10% to 15% at the population level. There is limited access and utilisation of caesarean section services in Uganda. This case-control study explored factors associated with caesarean section delivery, focusing on service-related and individual level factors.

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