Applying the Robson classification to routine facility data to understand the Caesarean section practice in conflict settings of South Kivu, eastern DR Congo

• Guy Mulinganya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guy Mulinganya, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Melissa Lukula Akonkwa

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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  Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Renforcement Institutionnel Pour des Politiques de Santé Basées sur l’Evidence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Espoir Bwenge Malembaka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guy Mulinganya, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Melissa Lukula Akonkwa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: esbwenge@gmail.com, bwenge.malembaka@ucbukavu.ac.cd

  ¶‡ Co-first authors.

  Affiliations Ecole Régionale de Santé Publique, ERSP, Faculté de Médecine, Univesité Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Institute of Health and Society, IRSS, Ecole de Santé Publique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-0253

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• Melissa Lukula Akonkwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guy Mulinganya, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Melissa Lukula Akonkwa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Co-first authors.

  Affiliations Renforcement Institutionnel Pour des Politiques de Santé Basées sur l’Evidence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecole Régionale de Santé Publique, ERSP, Faculté de Médecine, Univesité Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Dieudonné Mpunga Mukendi,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Renforcement Institutionnel Pour des Politiques de Santé Basées sur l’Evidence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Etienne Kajibwami Birindwa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Ghislain Maheshe Balemba,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ecole Régionale de Santé Publique, ERSP, Faculté de Médecine, Univesité Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Marleen Temmerman,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, School of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Albert Mwembo Tambwe,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Renforcement Institutionnel Pour des Politiques de Santé Basées sur l’Evidence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Bart Criel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Renforcement Institutionnel Pour des Politiques de Santé Basées sur l’Evidence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Ghislain Bisimwa Balaluka

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Renforcement Institutionnel Pour des Politiques de Santé Basées sur l’Evidence, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecole Régionale de Santé Publique, ERSP, Faculté de Médecine, Univesité Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Université du Cinquantenaire de Lwiro, Lwiro, Democratic Republic of Congo

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