Improving birth outcomes : meeting the challenges in the developing world /

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Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps needed to reduce that gap. It reviews the available statistics of low birth weight, prematurity, and birt...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes
Autres auteurs: Bale, Judith R., Stoll, Barbara J., Lucas, Adetokunbo O.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Collection:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Sujets:
Newborn infants > Mortality > Developing countries > Prevention.
Newborn infants > Diseases > Developing countries > Prevention.
Fetal death > Developing countries > Prevention.
Fetus > Diseases > Developing countries > Prevention.
Mothers > Mortality > Developing countries > Prevention.
Infant health services > Developing countries.
Maternal health services > Developing countries.
Pregnancy > Complications > Developing countries > Prevention.
Mothers > Mortality.
Pregnancy Complications > prevention & control
Pregnancy Outcome
Infant Mortality
Maternal Mortality
Developing Countries
Mères > Mortalité.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Children's Health.
Mothers > Mortality
Fetus > Diseases > Prevention
Infant health services
Maternal health services
Mothers > Mortality > Prevention
Newborn infants > Diseases > Prevention
Pregnancy > Complications > Prevention
Neugeborenenkrankheit
Neugeborenensterblichkeit
Perinatologia.
Mortalidade fetal.
Serviços de saúde infantil.
Complicações na gravidez.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Index not Present.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Reducing maternal mortality and modbidity
  • Reducing neonatal mortality and morbidity
  • Reducing fetal mortality
  • Improving birth outcomes within health care systems
  • The problem of low birth weight
  • Reducing mortality and morbidity from birth defects
  • Preventing perinatal transmission of HIV
  • Summing up: the way forward.

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