O problema: O Brasil é o segundo país com as taxas mais elevadas de cirurgia cesariana no mundo, muito além da recomendação de 10 a 15% da Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHO et al., 2015). O uso excessivo e desnecessário de tecnologias na atenção ao parto e nascimento tem contribuído para aume...
O Brasil alcançará o Objetivo do Milênio número quatro, reduzir a mortalidade
infantil, mas as taxas nacionais não revelam as persistentes desigualdades ainda
existentes entre as regiões geográficas e grupos populacionais. As regiões e as
populações com menores rendas sofrem maiores riscos de m...
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. This annual decline of 13 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is unlikely to achieve the MDG target of 168 per 100,000 live births by 2015. The proportion of pregnant ...
The Problem: Lack of access to uterotonics to prevent PPH in rural Ethiopia - Ethiopia?s maternal mortality rate is among the highest in the world with 470 deaths per 100,000 live births. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains to be the leading cause of maternal mortality in developing countries like Ethiop...
The Director General of the Uganda National Health Research Organisation (UNHRO), Dr Sam Okware welcomed participants and asserted the role of UNHRO not only in coordinating national health research but translating research findings into policy and practice. The REACH policy initiative – SURE project u...
The problem: High Maternal Mortality. 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. 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...
Birthing Centers/organization & administration,
Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration,
Maternal Health Services/organization & administration,
Maternal Mortality,
Midwifery/education,
Delivery, Obstetric,
Perinatal Mortality,
Prenatal Care,
Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration,
Uganda
Au Burkina Faso, la promotion de la santé de la mère et de l'enfant a toujours fait partie du paquet d'activités développé par les services de santé. Cependant, l'efficacité de ces nombreuses interventions reste très faible surtout en termes d'impact sur la mortalité maternelle et néonatale. Pr...
