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The BetterBirth Program: Pursuing Effective Adoption and Sustained Use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Through Coaching-Based Implementation in Uttar Pradesh, India

Nabihah Kara, Rebecca Firestone, Tapan Kalita, Atul A Gawande, Vishwajeet Kumar, Bhala Kodkany, Rajiv Saurastri, Vinay Pratap Singh, Pinki Maji, Ami Karlage, Lisa R Hirschhorn and Katherine EA Semrau on behalf of the BetterBirth Trial Group
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):232-243; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00411
Nabihah Kara
aAriadne Labs, a Joint Center between Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Rebecca Firestone
bPopulation Services International, Washington, DC, USA.
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Tapan Kalita
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Atul A Gawande
dAriadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Vishwajeet Kumar
eCommunity Empowerment Lab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Bhala Kodkany
fJawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
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Rajiv Saurastri
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Vinay Pratap Singh
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Pinki Maji
cPopulation Services International, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Ami Karlage
aAriadne Labs, a Joint Center between Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Lisa R Hirschhorn
gAriadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Katherine EA Semrau
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Nabihah Kara, Rebecca Firestone, Tapan Kalita, Atul A Gawande, Vishwajeet Kumar, Bhala Kodkany, Rajiv Saurastri, Vinay Pratap Singh, Pinki Maji, Ami Karlage, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Katherine EA Semrau
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