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Health System Support for Childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: Results from a Health Facility Census. [PDF]

, 2013
Progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goals four (child health) and five (maternal health) is lagging behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite increasing efforts to scale up high impact interventions.
A Jahn, A Nyamtema, A Nyamtema, A Pembe, AMDD, B Moller, BL Sorensen, C Kurowski, C McCord, C Pereira, C Ronsmans, Carine Ronsmans, Claudia Hanson, D Elbourne, D Urassa, D Urassa, F Manzi, F Manzi, Fatuma Manzi, G Bosse, G Mbaruku, Godfrey Mbaruku, H Kidanto, Hassan Mshinda, I Sorbye, J Armstrong Schellenberg, Jenny Jaribu, JK Rajaratnam, Joanna Schellenberg, JRMA Schellenberg, K Gross, K Makowiecka, L Gilson, M Kayongo, M Kruk, M Mrisho, M Sarker, Marcel Tanner, ME Kruk, ME Kruk, ME Kruk, Ministry of Health & Civil Service Department Tanzania, Ministry of Health (RCHS/NMCP), JHPIEGO, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health-RCHS, GTZ, MY Yakoob, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tanzania, ICF Macro, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tanzania, Macro International Inc, OE Olsen, OM Campbell, R Pattinson, RE Black, S Cousens, S Penfold, S Scott, Stata Statistical Software, Suzanne Penfold, United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health - Reproductive and Child Health Section, Werner Maokola, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, AMMD, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, The World Bank Group, WHO, UNICEF, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank, ØE Olsen   +68 more
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Optimal approach to standardized documentation in epilepsy clinics: A scoping review

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Clear documentation and transfer of information between health care providers is key to ensuring the delivery of high‐quality patient care. Our aim was to determine how to optimize and standardize physician documentation in outpatient epilepsy clinics as well as to highlight challenges and barriers to their implementation.
Shahab Marzoughi, Maren Kimura, Bamby Joseph, Alina Zhao, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Dang K. Nguyen, Mark Keezer, Colin B. Josephson, Nathalie Jetté   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Continued Significance of Obstetric Violence: A Response to Chervenak, McLeod-Sordjan, Pollet et al

Health Equity
This guest editorial offers a critical response to Chervenak, McLeod-Sordjan, Pollet et al.’s clinical opinion dismissing obstetric violence as both emotionally charged and damaging to provider–patient relationships.
Dána-Ain Davis, Monica J. Casper, Evelynn Hammonds, Wendy Post   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of childbirth on the pelvic-floor [PDF]

, 2000
Basically, vaginal delivery is associated with the risk of pelvic floor damage. The pelvic floor sequelae of childbirth includes anal incontinence, urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
Allen RE, Anthony S, Frudinger A, Frudinger A, Gilpin S, Jackson S, Johanson RB, King JK, Labrecque M, Mac Arthur C, Mant J, Pigne A, Rasmussen KL, Rockner G, Sleep J, Smith AR, Snooks SJ, Sultan AH, Sultan AH, van Geelen J, Vessey MP, Viktrup L, Viktrup L, Wilson PD, Zetterstrom JP   +24 more
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Status epilepticus: Updates on mechanisms and treatments

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) consists of prolonged, self‐sustaining seizures and is a common neurological emergency that causes respiratory compromise and neuronal injury. Without prompt treatment, the seizures can become resistant to benzodiazepines, leading to the progressive evolution of established, refractory, and super‐refractory SE.
Suchitra Joshi, Jaideep Kapur
wiley   +1 more source

Staffing of perinatal care in Ukraine: dynamics and regional differences

Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki
One of the key areas where staffing has a direct impact is perinatal care, which covers a range of medical services for mothers and newborns at different stages of pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period.
T. M. Orabina
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of training non-physician clinicians in Malawi on maternal and perinatal mortality : a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of the enhancing training and appropriate technologies for mothers and babies in Africa (ETATMBA) project [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Maternal mortality in much of sub-Saharan Africa is very high whereas there has been a steady decline in over the past 60 years in Europe. Perinatal mortality is 12 times higher than maternal mortality accounting for about 7 million neonatal
A Wilson, C McCord, C Pereira, C Pereira, C Pope, Chisale Mhango, D Ellard, David Davies, David Ellard, Doug Simkiss, E McAuliffe, F Mullan, Francis Kamwendo, G Chilopora, J Bryce, J Ritchie, Joseph Paul O’Hare, K Hill, Ministry of Health, National Statistical Office (NSO), and ICF Macro, Ngianga-bakwin Kandala, S Bergstrom, S Bradley, S Niermeyer, Siobhan Quenby, W Graham, W Graham, World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA, and The World Bank   +27 more
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Detection of interictal epileptiform discharges using multiple bilateral insertions of a newly developed microcatheter‐compatible endovascular electroencephalogram electrode: A clinical feasibility trial

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To assess the feasibility, technical performance, and safety of a novel endovascular electroencephalogram (eEEG) electrode, EP‐01, designed for minimally invasive seizure localization in patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy. Methods This single‐center, prospective, exploratory trial enrolled five patients with drug‐resistant ...
Kota Araki, Yosuke Masuda, Ayataka Fujimoto, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Hisayuki Hosoo, Hiroki Ishida, Takashi Enokizono, Kensuke Kawai, Eiichi Ishikawa, Yuji Matsumaru   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stony Knowledge

Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
The use of precious stones for magical, apotropaic, and medical purposes has been well-documented since Antiquity. This article aims to demonstrate the complexity of the multi-religious material layered within the lapidaries of the Middle Iranian ...
Floriana Marra
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Decision-making for delivery location and quality of care among slum-dwellers: a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundIn 2013, the Government of India launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in order to better address the health needs of urban populations, including the nearly 100 million living in slums.
Barge, Sandhya, Beyeler, Naomi, Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Sudhinaraset, May   +3 more
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