The Increasing Trend in Caesarean Section Rates: Global, Regional and National Estimates: 1990-2014

• Ana Pilar Betrán ,

  * E-mail: betrana@who.int

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Jianfeng Ye,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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• Anne-Beth Moller,

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Jun Zhang,

  Affiliation Ministry of Education—Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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• A. Metin Gülmezoglu,

  Affiliation UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Maria Regina Torloni

  Affiliation Evidence Based Healthcare Post-Graduate Program, Department of Medicine, São Paulo Federal University, São Paulo, Brazil

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