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  • Preventing ophthalmia neonatorum
    Canadian Paediatric Society
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    SOGC
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    Canadian Blood Services
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    SOGC
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    Barbara Harper
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    Evidence Based Birth
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    American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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    SOGC
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    HealthLink BC
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    formerly The Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
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    PAIL
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    GBS Public Health Manitoba
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    SOGC
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    Canadian Paediatric Society
  • pdfReturning Birth to Aboriginal, Rural, and Remote Communities
    SOGC
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    SOGC
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    Canadian Premature Babies Foundation
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    Best Start
  • The Prevention of Early-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
    SOGC
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