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Web-Based Quality Assurance Process Drives Improvements in Obstetric Ultrasound in 5 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Jonathan O Swanson, David Plotner, Holly L Franklin, David L Swanson, Victor Lokomba Bolamba, Adrien Lokangaka, Irma Sayury Pineda, Lester Figueroa, Ana Garces, David Muyodi, Fabian Esamai, Nancy Kanaiza, Waseem Mirza, Farnaz Naqvi, Sarah Saleem, Musaku Mwenechanya, Melody Chiwila, Dorothy Hamsumonde, Elizabeth M McClure, Robert L Goldenberg and Robert O Nathan
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2016, 4(4):675-683; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00156
Jonathan O Swanson
a University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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David Plotner
b RTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
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Holly L Franklin
b RTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
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David L Swanson
a University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Victor Lokomba Bolamba
c University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Adrien Lokangaka
c University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Irma Sayury Pineda
d Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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Lester Figueroa
d Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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Ana Garces
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David Muyodi
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Waseem Mirza
f Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Farnaz Naqvi
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Sarah Saleem
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Musaku Mwenechanya
g University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Dorothy Hamsumonde
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Elizabeth M McClure
b RTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
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Robert L Goldenberg
h Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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vol. 4 no. 4 675-683
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00156
PubMed 
28031304

Published By 
Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: May 16, 2016
  • Accepted: November 1, 2016
  • Published online December 28, 2016.

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© Swanson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00156

Author Information

  1. Jonathan O Swansona⇑,
  2. David Plotnerb,
  3. Holly L Franklinb,
  4. David L Swansona,
  5. Victor Lokomba Bolambac,
  6. Adrien Lokangakac,
  7. Irma Sayury Pinedad,
  8. Lester Figueroad,
  9. Ana Garcesd,
  10. David Muyodie,
  11. Fabian Esamaie,
  12. Nancy Kanaizae,
  13. Waseem Mirzaf,
  14. Farnaz Naqvif,
  15. Sarah Saleemf,
  16. Musaku Mwenechanyag,
  17. Melody Chiwilag,
  18. Dorothy Hamsumondeg,
  19. Elizabeth M McClureb,
  20. Robert L Goldenbergh,
  21. Robert O Nathana
  1. a University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
  2. b RTI International, Durham, NC, USA.
  3. c University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  4. d Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  5. e Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya.
  6. f Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
  7. g University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
  8. h Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Jonathan O Swanson (swanson5{at}uw.edu).
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