RETRACTED: Epidemiology of Maternal Deaths from 2017 to 2022 in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the University Hospital of Tengandogo, Burkina Faso

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Dieudonné, H. , Emmanuel, O. , Karim, N. , Rolande, T. , Sidy, B. , Mamdata, Y. , Vincent, K. , Paul, K. and Ali, O. (2024) RETRACTED: Epidemiology of Maternal Deaths from 2017 to 2022 in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the University Hospital of Tengandogo, Burkina Faso. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 14, 1335-1346. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2024.149106.

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