Recalling the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the standards already set for social progress in the constitutions, conventions, recommendations and resolutions of the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World...

The notion that Canada’s chronic unemployment problem is due in large part to labour institutions and social policies which have made our labour market too “inflexible” has gained wide currency in both academic and policy circles. As a result, proposals intended to enhance labour-market flexibility have attracted top billing in recent Canadian discussions regarding employment strategy and socia...

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Maternal mortality ratio averages 230 per 100,000 live births in developing countries. Obstructed labour, which is a major cause results from prolonged, neglected labour. The partograph as recommended by the World Health Organization is a graphical tool used to monitor the progress of the first stage of labour, thereby preventing prolonged labour. The partograph has been in use in Ghana since 1...

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OBJECTIVE To compare two World Health Organization (WHO) partographs - a composite partograph including the latent phase with a simplified one without the latent phase in women with uncomplicated pregnancy. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a randomized controlled trial conducted at a tertiary hospital at Belgaum, India. 743 women with term, singleton, vertex gestation, in spontaneous labor were ...