WHO Antenatal Care Guideline Implementation Guide
0.3.0 - CI Build
WHO Antenatal Care Guideline Implementation Guide
0.3.0 - CI Build
WHO Antenatal Care Guideline Implementation Guide, published by World Health Organization (WHO). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.3.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/WorldHealthOrganization/smart-anc/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Active as of 2025-06-24 |
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