Short title: Cesarean Section Rates: India
Siddhesh Zadey1,2*, Emily R.
Smith3,4, Catherine A. Staton3,4,
Tamara N. Fitzgerald2,4,
Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci3,4
1 Association for Socially Applicable Research (ASAR), Pune,
Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North
Carolina, United States of America
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
4 Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,
United States of America
Keywords: cesarean sections, India, health disparities, global surgery
For submission to BJOG
*Corresponding author: Siddhesh Zadey, BSMS MSc-GH; ASAR Office
Address: D2 Sai Heritage, New DP Road, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra, India
411007; Email:sidzadey@asarforindia.org,siddhesh.zadey@duke.edu;
Ph. No.: +1-919-699-9557
Article type: Research Letter
Word count: 691
No. of figures: 1