Cent Eur J Public Health 2005, 13(4):200-201

Introducing Evidence-based Medicine and Guidelines for Maternal and Newborn Care in the Republic of Moldova

Bacci A.1, Wyn Huws D.2, Baltag V.1, Lazarus J. V.1,3
1 World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
2 Public health consultant, Cardiff, Wales
3 Division of Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Sweden

Familiarity with Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) concepts is low amongst key maternal and newborn care clinicians in Moldova. Simple interventions can increase the knowledge of EBM concepts there.

Keywords: evidence-based medicine, maternal and newborn health, clinical guidelines, education, Republic of Moldova

Received: June 28, 2005; Revised: October 3, 2005; Accepted: October 3, 2005; Published: December 1, 2005  Show citation

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Bacci A, Wyn Huws D, Baltag V, Lazarus JV. Introducing Evidence-based Medicine and Guidelines for Maternal and Newborn Care in the Republic of Moldova. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2005;13(4):200-201. PubMed PMID: 16419385.
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