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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
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David Plotner
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Holly L Franklin
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David L Swanson
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Victor Lokomba Bolamba
c University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Adrien Lokangaka
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Irma Sayury Pineda
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Ana Garces
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David Muyodi
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Fabian Esamai
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Nancy Kanaiza
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Waseem Mirza
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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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Melody Chiwila
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Dorothy Hamsumonde
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Elizabeth M McClure
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Robert L Goldenberg
h Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Robert O Nathan
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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, Robert O Nathan
Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2016, 4 (4) 675-683; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00156

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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, Robert O Nathan
Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2016, 4 (4) 675-683; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00156
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