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Table 4 Actions performed by health workers to help women with retained placenta

From: Manpower capacity and reasons for staff shortage in primary health care maternity centres in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study

Actions performed by health workers

N

%

Manual removal

73

57.5

Send and wait for the doctor

7

5.5

Referral to a higher level of care

36

28.3

Don’t know what to do

11

8.7

Total

127

100.0