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The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021: Webappendices

Resource date: 05 May 2021

Author: UNFPA, WHO, ICM

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Technical details of the methods used to produce the State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021 analyses, including: definitions of key terms, data collection methods, analysis and modelling methods, assumptions made to compensate for missing data, and countries included in the main analyses.

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