• 1 While substantial progress was made from the 1990s to 2015, with maternal deaths decreasing 44% from 385 to 216 deaths per 100,000 live births, the world failed to meet the Millennial Development Goal (MDG) targets of reducing deaths by 75% by 2015. (joghr.org)
  • New targets set for 2016-2030 with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) call for a global rate of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030 (SDG 3.1). (joghr.org)
  • MMR is estimated by using both number of maternal deaths and live births. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to recent estimates in 2013, total maternal deaths and MMR in Tanzania are 7,900 and 410 per 100,000 live births respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the World in Data, US maternal mortality per 100,000 live births lies "comfortably" less than in Grenada but more than in Latvia or Puerto Rico. (acsh.org)
  • Metropolitan maternal deaths hover in the 15/100,000 live births, but these numbers rise to 21-26/100,000 (a 73% increase) as we move further into rural areas. (acsh.org)
  • The universal maternal mortality ratio has reduced by 45 percent between 1990 and 2013, from 380 to 210 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • South Sudanese women face myriad hardships and obstacles in their daily lives, including high levels of poverty, low levels of literacy, pronounced gender gaps in education, and the highest maternal mortality rate in the world-estimated at 2,054 deaths per 100,000 live births. (hrw.org)
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest maternal mortality ratio estimated at 846 deaths per 100,000 live births. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The evaluation found a 30% reduction in the population-based maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Uganda during Year 1, from 452 to 316 per 100,000 live births. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in SSA is estimated to have declined by 49% since 1990, however, at 510 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, remains the highest regional maternal mortality of the world. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Despite major family planning and reproductive health rhetoric and programmes, the maternal mortality rate is still high at 174 per 100,000 live births, 22.1% of pregnant women and 25.3% of breast feeding women have anaemia, and more than two-thirds of deliveries are unattended by trained personnel. (socialwatch.org)
  • The maternal mortality ratio in developing countries in 2015 is 239 per 100 000 live births versus 12 per 100 000 live births in developed countries 1 . (researchsquare.com)
  • Despite progress has been made with overall maternal mortality ratios falling from 540 per 100,000 live births to 450 per 100,000 live births between 1992 and 2008, attaining the MDG target of 185 per 100,000 live births is proving to be an even greater challenge and is unlikely to be met by 2015. (socialwatch.org)
  • Uganda?s maternal mortality has moderately declined from 670 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 430 per 100,000 live births in 2008. (bvsalud.org)
  • This annual decline of 13 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is unlikely to achievemeet the MDG target of 168 per 100,000 live bi. (bvsalud.org)
  • Births attended by skilled health personnel = (Number of births attended by skilled health personnel / Total number of live births) x 100 In household surveys, such as the Demographic and Health Surveys, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, and the Reproductive Health Surveys, the respondent is asked about each live birth and who had helped them during delivery for a period up to five years before the interview. (who.int)
  • One of the most fundamental ways to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality is ensuring that every birth occurs with the help of skilled health personnel - midwife, nurse, or doctor. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • Considering PPH accounted for 10.7% of all maternal deaths in the United States between 2014 and 2017, according to the Center for Disease Control - Prevention's Pregnant Mortality Surveillance System , the effort is an important step in standardizing clinical practices and processes in obstetric care to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality across the MHS. (health.mil)
  • During this workshop, presentations focused on the public health surveillance cycle and its application to maternal, perinatal, and response mortality surveillance (MPRDS). (afenet.net)
  • Skilled personnel have attended the maximum number of births that reduced perinatal, neonatal and maternal deaths. (medindia.net)
  • Community-based perinatal health worker groups are an emerging model of care developed by local leaders in communities of color. (medpagetoday.com)
  • As members of the community, these perinatal health workers can bridge the trust chasm between healthcare organizations and those who have historically been marginalized by them. (medpagetoday.com)
  • AIM works with state health departments, Perinatal Quality Collaboratives, hospitals, community-based teams and patient representatives to address the key drivers of maternal mortality and SMM. (nnepqin.org)
  • The SIP Plus is the web version of the Perinatal Informatics System (SIP), a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) standard for the clinical registration of care in health services for women, pregnancy, childbirth and newborns. (paho.org)
  • Dr. Karen Weis' research focuses on maternal perinatal mental health on maternal and fetal health. (kumc.edu)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Maternal and perinatal survival was negatively affected in referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)
  • Similarly, in an effort to improve maternal and child health, Tanzania's government has declared maternal and child health services to be exempt from user fees in government facilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Defense Health Agency's Women and Infant Clinical Community has recently implemented standardized practices to improve maternal outcomes in all its military medical treatment facilities around the world. (health.mil)
  • To improve maternal health, health insurance alone is however not enough. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The fifth Millennium Development Goal in 1994, the Fourth World Conference on (MDG) aims to improve maternal health. (who.int)
  • A study modeling the coverage of essential maternal and child health interventions estimated a 8.3-38.6% increase in maternal deaths per month across 118 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) during the COVID-19 pandemic ( 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Still there is a need for good-quality reproductive-health care and effective interventions in order to reduce maternal deaths. (medindia.net)
  • 1 With the goal of reducing MMR to 155/100 000, the MOH wants to understand how interventions aimed at enhancing quality of care that have proven effectiveness in other settings, specifically the Standards Based Management-Recognition for Reproductive Health (SBM-R(RH)) initiative, can be successfully implemented in Malawi. (bmj.com)
  • In 2000, the Government of Malawi adopted the facility birth strategy and implemented a number of evidence-based interventions aimed at providing high-quality, facility-based maternal healthcare. (bmj.com)
  • SDG indicators shape maternal health interventions. (kff.org)
  • Proven health-care interventions can help manage or prevent these complications, including skilled care during childbirth, antenatal care in pregnancy, and care and support in the weeks following childbirth. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • A recent report from the Burnet Institute, Compass and World Vision argues for a significant expansion of the PNG Village Health Volunteer (VHV) program (a form of family and community care) to deliver a range of cost-effective interventions to improve the parlous state of maternal and child health in Papua New Guinea. (devpolicy.org)
  • The report recognises there is "limited evidence on the impact, cost and effective implementation strategies of many maternal, newborn and child health interventions in PNG" and a stronger evidence base is required to support scale-up (p. 31). (devpolicy.org)
  • Interventions such as early and planned antenatal care attendance and facility delivery with skilled health workers can potentially reduce maternal mortality rates. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) is a multi-partner initiative designed to reduce maternal mortality rapidly in high mortality settings through community and facility evidence-based interventions and district-wide health systems strengthening that could reduce delays to appropriate obstetric care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Drug and technological developments need to be combined with effective health system interventions to reduce infections, including puerperal sepsis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2 The majority of maternal deaths are preventable if a woman has skilled care at and around the time of birth. (joghr.org)
  • Most of these deaths are preventable, with hemorrhage accounting for over 27 percent of maternal deaths in developing regions and about 16 percent in the developed regions. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • Target 5A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. (who.int)
  • In 2010 the estimated maternal mortality rate was 287 000 where as in 1990 it was 543 000. (medindia.net)
  • A 12 percent increase in the number of births assisted by skilled health personnel globally in 2014 compared to 1990 - 59 percent to 71 percent. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • Universally, the number of women aged 15 - 49 in marriage or a union, who were using contraceptives (as a way to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancies, maternal deaths, and unsafe abortions) has increased from 55 to 64 percent between 1990 and 2015. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • According to the 1996 Egyptian Human Development Report (EHDR), 8 spending on health increased from 1% of public expenditures in 1990/91 to 1.5% in 1995/96, but it is still below the average value of 1.8% of the least developed countries. (socialwatch.org)
  • The 2 targets set for this goal are to "reduce in 2000 and the United Nations General by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, Assembly Special Session on Children in the maternal mortality ratio" and "achieve, 2002 [ 2 ]. (who.int)
  • 18.9% in maternal death in the Region in sensus documents arising from international the period from 1990 to 2005. (who.int)
  • To accelerate the rate of decline and eliminate preventable maternal and newborn deaths, various strategies are being implemented. (afenet.net)
  • The lessons learned from SMGL can inform policymakers and program managers in other low and middle income settings where similar approaches could be utilized to rapidly reduce preventable maternal deaths. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The notification deadline for maternal, neonatal, and stillbirth deaths, which is 24 hours if the death occurs in a health facility and 48 hours if it occurs at the community level. (afenet.net)
  • Added to the burden of loss of women's lives caused by sepsis are the long term consequences of infertility and the association of maternal sepsis with over one million infection related neonatal deaths every year [ 3 , 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Improving the health of the next generation starts with eliminating gaping inequities in maternal health outcomes. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The legislation, led by Rep. Lauren Underwood (D.-Ill.), MSN, MPH, and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), is unique in that it was written with significant input from women of color, particularly Black women, who face the most adverse maternal health outcomes. (medpagetoday.com)
  • As a result, it addresses the most basic foundations for more equitable and improved maternal health outcomes for all people. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Congress should also pass a universal extension of Medicaid coverage from 2 months to 12 months postpartum -- associated with significant improvements in maternal health outcomes -- to address this crisis. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Increasingly, state legislatures are designating doula support as a Medicaid-covered service, and earlier this month, HHS announced the availability of $4.5 million for hiring, training, certifying, and compensating community-based doulas in areas with high rates of adverse maternal and infant health outcomes. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Well prepared health care teams and informed patients comprise the best teams to prevent complications and improve outcomes for mothers and their families. (health.mil)
  • An evaluation employing multiple studies and data collection methods was used to compare baseline maternal outcomes to those during Year 1 in SMGL pilot districts in Uganda and Zambia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • KU Medical Center's School of Nursing is enhancing healthcare outcomes and improving the healthcare system through research dedicated to precision health. (kumc.edu)
  • Research in the School of Nursing focuses on five emphasis areas: Symptom Science, Data Science, Determinants of Health, Quality & Safety and Health Outcomes. (kumc.edu)
  • The faculty members at the School of Nursing are actively engaged in research that not only advances healthcare but also addresses clinically relevant issues to improve health outcomes and the healthcare system as a whole. (kumc.edu)
  • Effective coverage of maternity services requires timely and affordable access, by all sectors of the population, to appropriate care of sufficient quality and safety to help assure positive health outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most women who delivered with skilled health personnel believed they were susceptible to complications during childbirth, reported high perceived self-efficacy to overcome barriers to deliver with skilled health personnel, and planned and prepared in advance to deliver with skilled health personnel. (joghr.org)
  • In contrast, women who did not deliver with skilled health personnel were less likely to believe in susceptibility to complications, reported low perceived self-efficacy to overcome barriers, and had not planned or prepared in advance for skilled health delivery. (joghr.org)
  • There were substantial differences between rural mothers who did and did not deliver with skilled health personnel regarding perceived susceptibility to experience complications, self-efficacy to overcome barriers and cues to action to prepare for birth. (joghr.org)
  • Most maternal deaths result from haemorrhage, complications of unsafe abortion, pregnancy-induced hypertension, sepsis and obstructed labour. (wikipedia.org)
  • As our health facilities don't have therapeutic feeding programs for these children, we were initially limited to only treating the medical complications that arose from their malnutrition and then providing their mothers with nutritional advice. (unv.org)
  • Prior to issuing the DHA-PI in January 2021, the Military Health System had many different methodologies, but not an enterprise standard for the process to evaluate risk assessment and resources to promptly treat PPH to prevent maternal complications, said U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Anne McMillan, PPH Bundle Campaign co-lead and interim lead for the DHA Women's Health Clinical Management Team (WHCMT). (health.mil)
  • El Daien Hospital is a referral hospital serving communities across the entire state, including children with severe medical complications and mothers with acute and chronic maternal health problems. (unicef.org)
  • The major complications that account for nearly 75% of all maternal deaths are severe bleeding (mostly bleeding after childbirth), infections (usually after childbirth), high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia and eclampsia), complications from delivery and unsafe abortion 4 . (researchsquare.com)
  • However, the review also highlighted a series of shortcomings, including severe shortages in beds, trained personnel, equipment and supplies, which mean that women remain at risk of dying from basic obstetric complications. (independent.gov.uk)
  • This study describes changes in obstetric complications, referrals, stillbirths and maternal deaths during the first year of the pandemic and elucidates pathways to these changes. (bvsalud.org)
  • 3 As such, the World Health Organization recommends that all women receive care with skilled health personnel for childbirth. (joghr.org)
  • World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a minimum of four Antenatal care (ANC) visit. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fifty-eighth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon, 1-5 September 2008, Final report , Brazzaville, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, 2008 (AFR/RC58/20), pp. 13 - 15. (who.int)
  • For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) has resumed operations and is now organizing vaccination campaigns. (unv.org)
  • Against this backdrop, in June 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the World Bank released The Roadmap for Measurement and Accountability and Post-2015 5-Point Call to Action that highlight strategies for improving data collection, analysis, access, and use [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The World Health Organization ranks maternal sepsis as the sixth leading cause of disease burden for women aged 15-44 years, after depression, HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, abortion and schizophrenia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The West African country has embarked on training frontline health workers such as Reproductive Health Coordinators (CSR), Midwife-Mistresses (MSF) from hospitals and districts, and supervisors of pediatric services in field epidemiology. (afenet.net)
  • While efforts have been made to increase the supply and accessibility of services, the lack of maternal utilisation of skilled health delivery services is a contributing cause of death, particularly among mothers from rural areas. (joghr.org)
  • Developing countries' efforts to increase births attended by skilled health personnel have aimed at reducing barriers to access by measures, such as increasing the provision of skilled health personnel and implementing low or no cost maternal health services. (joghr.org)
  • Lack of utilisation of health services among rural women has been a critical issue in maternal deaths, 6,9 making increasing demand and utilisation for essential maternal health services one of the most significant challenges in global health today. (joghr.org)
  • In Tanzania, two thirds of women give birth in their own homes, because there are very few health facilities within reach that can provide life-saving emergency services. (wikipedia.org)
  • urgent care centers, and outpatient clinics as well as to persons who provide home health care and emergency medical services. (cdc.gov)
  • Regardless of the type of entity, any domestic public or private entity, including an Indian Tribe or Tribal Organization, is eligible to apply for the Integrated Maternal Health Services demonstration award. (hrsa.gov)
  • Can we apply for Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Capacity grant and the Integrated Maternal Health Services cooperative agreement? (hrsa.gov)
  • The AIM Capacity Program and the Integrated Maternal Health Services Program are part of HRSA's effort to address maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. (hrsa.gov)
  • Recruit maternal health care practitioners (e.g., obstetrics, family practice, certified nurse midwives) and workers to deliver pregnancy care management and care coordination (e.g., nurses, social workers, community health workers, doulas) to implement the integrated model serving pregnant and postpartum people with health disparities and limited access to basic social and health care services. (hrsa.gov)
  • Train OB providers and workers that include culturally and linguistically appropriate services, trauma-informed care, implicit bias, motivational interviewing, and social determinants of health. (hrsa.gov)
  • Recipients are expected to include staff with experience, skills and knowledge of integrated health services models. (hrsa.gov)
  • In essence the Maternal and Health Program will make the necessary arrangements to assure the delivery of the below listed pivotal services in a integrated manner with Maternal and Child Health Service Package. (who.int)
  • Informal settlements in Kenya have been known to have higher rates of maternal mortality and also receive maternity services of varied quality. (frontiersin.org)
  • This study aims to add to the body of knowledge by investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies on access to health care services in informal settlements. (frontiersin.org)
  • Less than half of women reported reduced access due to fear of contracting Coronavirus, Deprioritization of health services, economic constraints, and psychosocial effects were reported due to the imposed lockdown and curfew. (frontiersin.org)
  • Previous research has indicated that pandemics, such as Ebola in West Africa, can devastate the provision of maternal health services in low-resilience health systems ( 2 - 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Over 90 percent of these deaths could be prevented if women in developing regions had access to sufficient diets, basic literacy and health services, and safe water and sanitation facilities during pregnancy and childbirth. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • There is an opportunity for all health plans to cover doula services for individuals in commercial lines of business, and to act on the community level through advocacy within their state legislatures and Medicaid Offices to extend Medicaid coverage to doula services. (medpagetoday.com)
  • However, even without such an evaluation, there is evidence from both PNG and internationally to suggest that considerable thought is required as to the best way to expand community-based access to maternal and child health services in PNG. (devpolicy.org)
  • CHWs can contribute to improved access and coverage of basic health services, particularly in child health, and some disease control programs (although there is limited evidence of maternal health improvements ). (devpolicy.org)
  • However, CHW schemes do not consistently provide services likely to have substantial health impact and the quality of services they provide is sometimes poor. (devpolicy.org)
  • This affected delivery and continuity of critical newborn and maternal services in the pediatric and maternity wards. (unicef.org)
  • At this hospital and many other health facilities across Darfur, UNICEF and partners are supporting continuity of lifesaving healthcare services for children and women, including in the remotest locations. (unicef.org)
  • Additionally, 5,325 children and women accessed primary health care services and 1,368 primary caregivers received infant and young child feeding counselling through health facility and community-based platforms. (unicef.org)
  • Several factors can be attributed to antenatal care attendance, or lack thereof, including the cost of health care services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to examine the role of health insurance coverage in utilization of maternal health services in Tanzania. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data were analyzed both descriptively and using regression analyses to examine independent association of health insurance and maternal health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Health insurance coverage and maternal health services were low in this nationally representative sample in Tanzania. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The 53-page report, "Illusions of Care: Lack of Accountability for Reproductive Rights in Argentina," documents the many obstacles women and girls face in getting the reproductive health care services to which they are entitled, such as contraception, voluntary sterilization procedures, and abortion after rape. (disabled-world.com)
  • Doctors and other medical personnel who deny women services to which they are entitled, or who apply arbitrary conditions for receiving the services, rarely - if ever - are investigated or penalized. (disabled-world.com)
  • In May, the National Health Ministry created a free call-in number to answer questions about where to find reproductive health care services and register complaints. (disabled-world.com)
  • The health-specific strategies which were brought forward in the Yemeni discussions on population, health and development, range from a narrow focus on facility-based maternal health services to broader concepts of reproductive health services. (yementimes.com)
  • The Population Action Plan of 1991 intended to expand preventive and curative maternal health services to rural areas. (yementimes.com)
  • Family Planning services were to be improved by expanding the health infrastructure, training health personnel, especially midwives, and involving the private sector (ibid,: 35). (yementimes.com)
  • Electronic maternal and child health registries (eRegistries) offer a systematic data collection and management approach that can serve as an entry point for preventive, curative and promotive health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the two health zones, women rarely voiced their concerns and expectations about health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Social accountability is relatively inexistent in the maternal health services in the two health zones. (biomedcentral.com)
  • SMGL draws upon the investment and expertise of public and private organizations and existing infrastructure, partnerships, and services, including US Government platforms for combating HIV/AIDS and improving maternal and child health [ 12 , 13 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Her research includes environmental health, home healthcare and healthcare services in settings like acute care, home care and community environments. (kumc.edu)
  • 10 Despite its low quality of service and the lack of facilities, the publicly funded health sector remains the largest provider of services to the poor in Egypt. (socialwatch.org)
  • These factors, combined with government encouragement to set up private health enterprises, have led to higher fees for private health services. (socialwatch.org)
  • The counselling of mothers through regular group offers, training and specialist qualifications of health personnel, the involvement of traditional healers and voluntary family health volunteers (FCHVs) who are already affiliated to the health system complete the range of services. (ekfs.de)
  • ICAI has today published a review of DFID's results in improving Maternal Health which found that UK aid has expanded access to maternal health and family planning services, but is yet to make a significant difference to the quality and sustainability of these services. (independent.gov.uk)
  • But it cannot yet provide medical services to all the population and despite free health care to all pregnant women, maternal mortality remains very high, as do gender inequities. (socialwatch.org)
  • Collection of documents that contribute to policy decision-making processes based on the best available scientific evidence, including processes for knowledge translation and exchanging knowledge among managers, researchers and representatives of civil society in the management of health services and systems. (bvsalud.org)
  • OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic affected provision and use of maternal health services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Routine data systems in referral hospitals must be fully used as they hold potential in informing adaptations of maternal care services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Infection prevention and control measures established during the EVD outbreak have substantially improved self-reported provider practices for maternal and child health services in rural Guinea. (bvsalud.org)
  • Growing prioritisation also stems from a change in incentives, with some partner funding being conditional on the proportion of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel. (researchgate.net)
  • The percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel is calculated as the number of births attended by skilled health personnel (doctors, nurses or midwives) expressed as total number of births in the same period. (who.int)
  • Data assessing progress on key maternal health indicators within informal settlements are also often scarce. (frontiersin.org)
  • Maternal health care indicators are prioritised when they are benchmarked, at district and national levels. (researchgate.net)
  • Due to considerable proportion of mortality being attributed by maternal and child health, the United Nations together with other international agencies incorporated the two into Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1 Resolution AFR/RC55/R2, Achieving the health millennium development goals: situation analysis and perspectives in the African Region. (who.int)
  • Objective This implementation study will assess the quality of maternal healthcare in facilities where the SBM-R(RH) initiative has been employed, identify factors that support or undermine effectiveness of the initiative and develop strategies to further enhance its operation. (bmj.com)
  • In Mexico, the implementation research supported by CoPs triggered monitoring by local health organizations of the quality of maternal healthcare programs. (bvsalud.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya in March this year and so far, the impact of the pandemic on access to maternal health has not been established. (frontiersin.org)
  • This report updates the previously published summary of recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare (formerly Hospital) Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) for vaccinating health-care personnel (HCP) in the United States ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Module 2 will quantitatively assess the quality and equity of maternal healthcare provided in facilities where the SBM-R(RH) initiative has been implemented, using the Malawi Integrated Performance Standards for Reproductive Health. (bmj.com)
  • When the U.S. Vice President issues a call to action and follow-up measures to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity -- an issue the industry has known about for decades -- it is past time for healthcare leaders to make concrete investments in solving our nation's longstanding maternal health crisis. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 September 2023 (PAHO) - Amid a protracted and worsening security and humanitarian crisis, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is working closely with Haiti's Ministry of Health to address urgent healthcare needs among internally displaced populations in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. (paho.org)
  • Investigators in the School of Nursing are engaged in exciting research that addresses pressing healthcare issues that have a direct impact on health and healthcare practices. (kumc.edu)
  • This paper prospectively assesses how maternal healthcare was provided in six referral hospitals in Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • Other aspects of the maternity experience such as women's knowledge of COVID-19, their perceived risk of infection, access to health facilities, perceived quality of care were assessed. (frontiersin.org)
  • It was possible to identify the fundamental role of health professionals in the most impacting contingencies: time of diagnosis, prenatal consultations, search for a specialized center, and maternity. (bvsalud.org)
  • PARTICIPANTS: 22 skilled health personnel (SHP) working in the maternity wards of various cadres and seniority levels. (bvsalud.org)
  • Training of hospital staff and equipping the sites with educational material to certify hospitals and health centers Baby Friendly institutions. (who.int)
  • The realisation that Zambia was lagging behind African countries making progress towards MDG 5 (to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters) appears to have invoked reputational concerns and revealed inspirational possibilities. (researchgate.net)
  • The H6 Global Initiative to Accelerate Support for Maternal and Newborn Health aims to significantly reduce maternal and newborn mortality in countries with the highest incidences of maternal and newborn illness and death. (gc.ca)
  • This report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights aims to assist policymakers in improving women's health and rights by providing guidance on implementing policies and programmes to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in accordance with human rights standards. (internationalbudget.org)
  • A health systems approach is necessary to reduce maternal mortality and the occurrence of infections resulting from childbirth. (biomedcentral.com)
  • citation needed] Good care during pregnancy is important for the health of the mother and the development of the unborn baby. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many health problems in pregnant women can be prevented, detected and treated during antenatal care visits with trained health workers. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2 Resolution AFR/RC58/R3, The Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa: achieving better health for Africa in the new millennium. (who.int)
  • This report updates the previously published summary of recommendations for vaccinating health-care personnel (HCP) in the United States (CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • Immunization of health-care workers: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP] and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee [HICPAC]. (cdc.gov)
  • HCP are defined as all paid and unpaid persons working in health-care settings who have the potential for exposure to patients and/or to infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and equipment, contaminated environmental surfaces, or contaminated air. (cdc.gov)
  • This refers to the Belize Health Information System taking care of the gaps in the existing health information system. (who.int)
  • Most respondents perceived improvements in quality of care due to short-waiting times, hygiene measures, and responsive health personnel. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dr. Abraham vividly describes how he provides quality health care in the aftermath of conflict to the many sheltering in the UNMISS site for the protection of civilians. (unv.org)
  • In the following in-depth interview , he vividly describes how he provides quality health care in the aftermath of conflict. (unv.org)
  • Meroni: Previously, the Level I Clinic [where I work] was providing medical care for UNMISS and personnel of UN agencies, funds and programs working in Upper Nile State. (unv.org)
  • Systemic racism is a root cause of these drivers, and must be addressed alongside clinical care quality, coverage gaps, and the upstream adverse social drivers impacting maternal health. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Ensuring access to culturally congruent support personnel, such as community-based doulas, is critically important for people of color, who too often encounter barriers to high-quality, person-centered care. (medpagetoday.com)
  • of maternal health care in Zambia. (researchgate.net)
  • The Maternal mortality rate continues to be very high despite the improvement in maternal and child health care service. (ignou.ac.in)
  • In the context of rapid advances in health care, health professionals at all levels of care need to update their knowledge and skills in providing health care in general and mother and child in particular. (ignou.ac.in)
  • National Health Policy and Programmes focus on the need for continuing education of nursing personnel to provide quality maternal and child health care. (ignou.ac.in)
  • There is no systematic training programme for nursing personnel in maternal and child health care to meet requirement of continuing education and updating the knowledge and skills. (ignou.ac.in)
  • Update the knowledge and skills of health care providers in reproductive and child health. (ignou.ac.in)
  • Enable the health care providers to render effective health care to mother & child. (ignou.ac.in)
  • The report claims that full coverage of family and community care in PNG could prevent up to 32% of maternal deaths, 70% of newborn deaths, and 50% of child deaths. (devpolicy.org)
  • CHW programs are therefore neither the panacea for weak health systems nor a cheap option to provide access to health care for underserved populations. (devpolicy.org)
  • In 2014, U.S. adults could buy a private health insurance plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace or state-based exchanges established as part of the Affordable Care Act. (cdc.gov)
  • Nina was relieved that the health workers identified the problem and that her son was under the good care of medical personnel. (unicef.org)
  • Based on extensive interviews with 87 girls and women in three states between March and October 2012-and with government officials, traditional leaders, health care workers, legal and women's rights experts, teachers, prison officials, and NGO, UN, and donor representatives-this report describes the severe consequences of this practice, and the risks that women and girls face when they resist or try to leave these marriages. (hrw.org)
  • Background: Daily activities within a health care organisation are mediated by information communication processes (ICP) involving multiple health care professionals at different levels of care. (sun.ac.za)
  • African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 7(1):1-8, doi:10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.911. (sun.ac.za)
  • Thousands of women and girls in Argentina suffer needlessly every year because of negligent or abusive reproductive health care. (disabled-world.com)
  • This research utilizes findings from two web-based surveys, completed in 2015 that targeted public health officials and health care providers in 76 countries with high global maternal and child mortality burden. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A sample of 298 public health officials from 64 countries and 490 health care providers from 59 countries completed the online survey. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Health care provider trust in the privacy of health data at their own facilities is associated with the presence of security safeguards. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and (4) more than 13,500 health care providers were trained. (gc.ca)
  • Intervention design A 40 hour training workshop was designed for multidisciplinary health personnel [PSM] involved in obstetric care. (bmj.com)
  • The purpose was to train the facilitating team as replicators of the workshops, for which the training was divided into thematic contents [human rights, reproductive health, maternal death, clinical practice guidelines], and technical [group dynamics to favor personal reflection and the one related to the care provided to women who come for obstetric care]. (bmj.com)
  • Guyana media professionals trained on responsible reporting on suicide, mental health, trauma, mass tragedies and self-care for journalists. (paho.org)
  • She is currently funded to map Black women's experiences across the breast cancer continuum of care and identify areas that contribute to inequities to co-create with breast cancer survivors strategies that will optimize their health. (kumc.edu)
  • Government subsidy of public sector health care has gradually been withdrawn and government medical facilities have been expanding cost recovery programmes since the early nineties. (socialwatch.org)
  • Poor women are least supported in the health care system. (socialwatch.org)
  • Providing antenatal care and ensuring that births are attended by skilled/trained health personnel contribute to reducing maternal deaths. (researchsquare.com)
  • One major obstacle has been the shortage of skilled health care personnel. (socialwatch.org)
  • There is also a gap between rural and urban areas in terms of access to health care. (socialwatch.org)
  • Rural areas are shortchanged by less access to qualified maternal care. (socialwatch.org)
  • The distances to health care facilities and to skilled personnel are also an issue for most. (socialwatch.org)
  • Poor women are less likely to seek health care except when the situation is critical. (socialwatch.org)
  • Some developing countries have recently experienced increased use of health facilities for labour and delivery care and there is a possibility that this trend could lead to rising rates of puerperal sepsis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Improving and maintaining infection control as part of delivery care requires an efficiently functioning health system. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Public health nurse providing an instruction clinic on postnatal care in Miami, Florida. (floridamemory.com)
  • The main pathways leading to these trends were delayed care utilisation and disruptions in accessing care, including sub-optimal referral linkages and health service closures. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSION: Routine maternal care provision was maintained in referral hospitals, despite first wave challenges. (bvsalud.org)
  • The objective of this study was to document maternal and child health care workers' knowledge, attitudes and practices on service delivery before, during and after the 2014 EVD outbreak in rural Guinea. (bvsalud.org)
  • Integrate prevention and treatment of malnutrition as part of health service provision throughout the system. (who.int)
  • and improve the response to maternal and newborn deaths, including investigations. (afenet.net)
  • While hemorrhage accounts for 12% of our maternal deaths, it is responsible for 94% of global maternal deaths. (acsh.org)
  • The highest rate of maternal deaths is in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, which collectively accounted for 86 percent of global maternal deaths. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • To ensure greater success in training midwives, a workshop on adapting FETP frontline training materials to maternal and newborn health was held prior from June 12 to 16, 2023 in Saly. (afenet.net)
  • FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Defense Health Agency (DHA) announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 14 counties in New Jersey may receive emergency prescription refills now through Oct. 10, 2023, due to flooding. (health.mil)
  • GEORGETOWN, 19 September 2023 - More than 25 local journalists were trained to report responsibly on suicide, trauma, mass tragedies, and mental health issues during a recent two-day session hosted by the Guyana Press Association. (paho.org)
  • Both maternal and child health are interdependent and substantially contributing to high burden of mortality worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which includes Tanzania, contribute higher proportion of maternal and child mortality. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this regard, Tanzania through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) adopted different strategies and efforts to promote safe motherhood and improve child survival. (wikipedia.org)
  • This commitment has resulted, as documented, in the achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children of the last decade in the area of maternal and child health. (who.int)
  • Develop a strategy to increase men's and community leaders' participation in maternal and child health promotion. (who.int)
  • Maternal and child health issues are also prominent within the protection site. (unv.org)
  • Adolescent childbearing is not only harmful to the health of both the girls and child they bear, but also reflects the broader forms of social and economic marginalisation of girls. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • Improving maternal and child health in PNG: The issue is not what to do, but how to do it. (devpolicy.org)
  • The health workers told me that they couldn't treat my child at this facility. (unicef.org)
  • This report examines this problem, and reinforces studies by experts and women's rights groups in South Sudan that indicate that child marriage has a significant negative impact on women and girl's realization of key human rights, including their rights to health and education, physical integrity and the right to marry only when they are able and willing to give their free consent. (hrw.org)
  • and the 2008 Child Act provisions that protect children under 18 from early and forced marriages and guarantee them the right to non-discrimination, health, education, life, survival and development, an opinion, and protection from torture, degrading treatment, and abuse. (hrw.org)
  • Infant and young child feeding : model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals. (who.int)
  • The limited availability of maternal and child health data has limited progress in reducing mortality and morbidity among pregnant women and children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the third paper of the eRegistries Series, we report on the current landscape of ethical and legal governance for maternal and child health registries in developing countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Based on formative research in the development of the eRegistries Governance Guidance Toolkit, the surveys were designed to investigate topics related to maternal and child health registries including ethical and legal issues. (biomedcentral.com)
  • At the 2014 Maternal and Child Health Summit, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim proclaimed, "Our vision is to register every single pregnancy and every single birth by 2030" [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The dearth of timely and accurate maternal and child health data has limited countries' ability to measure progress in reducing maternal and child deaths worldwide but has galvanized leaders [ 9 - 11 ] and funders [ 12 , 13 ] to prioritize strategies to acquire high quality maternal and child health data. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The SMGL model aims for rapidly achievable, measurable, sustainable reductions in maternal and newborn mortality and Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • the study also found as outcome of home delivery that 22% of the women reported their baby was not okay and have taken to hospital, while 41(73.2%) reported the child died within 28 days following delivery while 24 (42.8%), women experienced prolonged labour during their last delivery at home.in the focus group discussion the women reported that there is poor communication relationship between the mothers and health staff. (researchsquare.com)
  • Comparison of rural Ghanaian mothers who did and did not utilise skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery, by Health Belief Model construct. (joghr.org)
  • Although maternal mortality has decreased substantially since the 1990s, it remains one of the top priorities in global health, as most deaths can be prevented if women have access to and utilise skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery. (joghr.org)
  • Improving maternal health is critical to saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of women who die due to complication from pregnancy and childbirth each year. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • Satisfaction with the childbirth experience is higher when doulas are present, perhaps because they can provide tailored support and in-the-moment advocacy when people interact with health systems. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Infections can be contracted during childbirth either in the community or in health facilities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Good access, safety and quality are the overriding aims of all health systems and such factors are crucial when considering the problem of infections resulting from childbirth. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A specific form of maternal sepsis is known as puerperal sepsis, an infection which is introduced during childbirth, but manifests in the post partum period within the first 42 days after delivery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Women covered by health insurance were more likely to have proper timing of the first antenatal visit and receive skilled birth assistance at delivery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As a result, a high proportion of mothers choose to deliver at home, unassisted by skilled health workers, even if they attend antenatal clinics (ANC) [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Innovative strategies such as social accountability are needed to improve both health service delivery and utilization. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hunger and malnutrition were observed to increase the incidence and fatality rate of the conditions that contribute to nearly 80 percent of maternal deaths. (mdgmonitor.org)
  • Since the onset of the conflict in mid-April, the UNICEF emergency health response in Darfur has reached 4,382 children with malnutrition screening, 1,977 children aged 0-11 months with measles vaccinations, and over 3,218 children aged 6-59 months with treatment against Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). (unicef.org)
  • An estimated 52 million underfives have acute health week screening (Source: Akwa Ibom State malnutrition. (who.int)
  • Enhanced active surveillance and implementation of preventive strategies, such as maternal GBS vaccination, warrants further investigation in China to help prevent these infections. (cdc.gov)
  • Health plan implementation--standards. (who.int)
  • The first approach was implemented in Mexico and Nicaragua and focused on implementation research facilitated by communities of practice (CoP) among maternal health stakeholders. (bvsalud.org)
  • Health programme personnel involved in CoPs in Mexico and Nicaragua reported improved capacities to identify and use evidence in solving implementation problems. (bvsalud.org)
  • The collaborative evidence-to-policy approaches underline the importance of iterations and continuity in the engagement of researchers and policymakers/programme managers, in order to account for swift evolutions in health policy planning and implementation. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) represents the risk associated with each pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Much of our data comes from the CDC, which collects state-wide data from "Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs), which are representatives of diverse clinical and non-clinical backgrounds who review the circumstances around pregnancy-related deaths to identify recommendations to prevent future deaths. (acsh.org)
  • Maternal deaths involve a short time range occurring during pregnancy or the first 42 days (6 weeks) after the end of the pregnancy. (acsh.org)
  • Studies include health facility assessments, pregnancy outcome monitoring, enhanced maternal mortality detection in facilities, and population-based investigation of community maternal deaths. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Over 95% of the burden to focus on the perspective of adolescent of maternal death in the Region is shared by pregnancy and reproductive health. (who.int)
  • Through the programme established by the Nepalese government in 2005 to encourage safe births, the project will be sustainably integrated into the public health system. (ekfs.de)