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Perception des prestataires de soins sur l'utilisation du partogramme au Burundi

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Le partogramme est un outil de surveillance du travail d'accouchement, qui est peu utilisé de façon régulière dans certains pays, dont le Burundi. L'objectif de cette étude avait pour objectif de documenter la perception des prestataires de
Aline Mukundwa, Laura Harris, Sylvestre Bazikamwe, Jean Francois Busogoro, Koyejo Oyerinde   +4 more
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Postings and transfers in the Ghanaian health system: a study of health workforce governance

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background Decision-making on postings and transfers – that is, the geographic deployment of the health workforce – is a key element of health workforce governance.
Aku Kwamie, Miriam Asiamah, Marta Schaaf, Irene Akua Agyepong   +3 more
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Readiness to treat and factors associated with survival of newborns with breathing difficulties in Ethiopia

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Ethiopia is one of five countries that account for half of the world’s 2.6 million newborn deaths. A quarter of neonatal deaths in Ethiopia are caused by birth asphyxia.
Wasihun Andualem Gobezie, Patricia Bailey, Emily Keyes, Ana Lorena Ruano, Habtamu Teklie   +4 more
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Autopsy versus clinical decisions regarding causes of maternal Death in Iraq

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
Background: Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death and disability among women in developing countries. The target for mortality reduction is important, yet accurate data of maternal mortality remains challenging as ...
Batool Ali Ghalib Yassin, Aliaa Makki Hassan AL-Safi, Enaam Hasson AL-Saneed   +2 more
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Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, and expected to enhance or ...
Marta Schaaf, Jonathan Fox, Stephanie M. Topp, Caitlin Warthin, Lynn P. Freedman, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Kerry Scott, Thoko Maboe, Margareth Zanchetta, Ana Lorena Ruano, Maryse Kok, Svea Closser   +12 more
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Maternal death [PDF]

Anaesthesia, 1980
Summary A retrospective examination of all maternal deaths at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in the last 20 years shows that general anaesthesia is the greatest single cause of maternal death.
openaire   +2 more sources

Ending preventable maternal mortality: phase II of a multi-step process to develop a monitoring framework, 2016–2030

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018
Background In February 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released “Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)” (EPMM Strategies), a direction-setting report outlining global targets and strategies for reducing maternal ...
R. Rima Jolivet, Allisyn C. Moran, Meaghan O’Connor, Doris Chou, Neelam Bhardwaj, Holly Newby, Jennifer Requejo, Marta Schaaf, Lale Say, Ana Langer   +9 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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Audit of Early and Late Maternal Deaths in Georgia: Potential for Improving Substandard Obstetric Care

International Journal of Women's Health, 2021
Nino Berdzuli,1 Nino Lomia,1 Anne Cathrine Staff,1,2 Gunta Lazdane,3 Ekaterine Pestvenidze,1 Anne Flem Jacobsen1,2 1Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 2Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oslo ...
Berdzuli N, Lomia N, Staff AC, Lazdane G, Pestvenidze E, Jacobsen AF   +5 more
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Improving US maternal mortality reporting by analyzing literal text on death certificates, United States, 2016-2017.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Changes in data collection and processing of US maternal mortality data across states over time have led to inconsistencies in maternal death reporting.
Marian F MacDorman, Marie Thoma, Eugene Declercq   +2 more
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