Rising C-section use and the private maternal health care sector in Pakistan: evidence from the 2012-13 and 2017-18 Demographic and Health Surveys.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth · 2025 · PMC12560495 · PMID 41146081

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For some scholars, clinicians, and policymakers, this is a worrying trend, particularly for LMICs like Pakistan, whose C-section rates have risen in line with global trends [ 43 , 45 ].

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