Global Health: Study Finds Lower, but Still High, Rate of C-Sections in China
Vaginal births can quickly go wrong if, for example, the cord wraps around the baby’s neck. The study was led by doctors from China’s national statistics office, Peking University, Harvard Medical School and New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. The 2010 W.H.O. survey erred by relying on figures from just 21 hospitals, mostly…