Cargando…

Maternal and Infant Deaths : Chasing Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kehoe, Sean
Otros Autores: Neilson, James P., Norman, Jane E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2010.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Title page
  • Contents
  • Participants
  • Additional contributors
  • Declarations of personal interest
  • Preface
  • The Millennium Development Goals
  • Section 1 The size of the problem
  • 1 The geography of maternal death
  • Introduction
  • How are maternal deaths identified in developing countries?
  • Finding deaths
  • Identifying maternal deaths
  • Identifying place of maternal death
  • Where in the world do maternal deaths happen?
  • Global distribution of maternal deaths
  • Patterns of maternal mortality at subnational levels
  • What are the key differentials of place of maternal death?Types of place of maternal death
  • Co-variates of place of maternal death
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 2 Delivering on neonatal survival to accelerate progress for Millennium Development Goal 4
  • Introduction
  • Progress for neonatal and child survival
  • Data to inform programmatic action
  • Where do newborns die?
  • When do newborns die?
  • Delivering solutions for the main causes of neonatal death
  • Neonatal infection â€? 972 000 newborn deaths globally
  • Tetanus â€? 72 000 newborn deaths globallyIntrapartum-related neonatal deaths â€? 828 000 newborn deaths globally
  • Preterm birth complications â€? 1 044 000 newborn deaths globally
  • Small babies â€? big risk of death
  • Girls and neonatal deaths
  • Addressing deadly delays in care-seeking
  • Coverage of care and current trends
  • Addressing research gaps
  • Addressing data gaps
  • Neonatal deaths, especially intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths
  • Coverage
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 3 Beyond the Numbers: reviewing maternal deaths and disabilities to make pregnancy saferIntroduction
  • Background
  • Beyond the Numbers
  • A continual audit cycle
  • Confidentiality
  • Self-reflective learning
  • The methodologies
  • Community-based death reviews (verbal autopsies)
  • Facility-based maternal death review
  • Confidential enquiries into maternal deaths
  • Surveys of severe morbidity (near miss reviews)
  • Experience to date
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Human resource challenges
  • Introduction
  • Barriers to effective human resource solutionsNature of the skilled birth attendant
  • Location of practice
  • Community acceptability
  • Education, training and updating (including upskilling and task shifting)
  • Sufficient employment and sustainable retention, particularly in rural and remote areas
  • Supervision, management and policy infrastructure
  • Stories of success in whole-system approaches
  • The Mobile Obstetric Maternal Health Worker and the Midwives and Others with Midwifery Skills initiatives
  • Medical officer of health units in Sri Lanka