Birth asphyxia—lack of oxygen—is the cause of 20% of newborn deaths in India. A simple piece of equipment is helping… [Read More]
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Perinatal Care
Facilitators and Barriers to Disclosure of Postpartum Mood Disorder Symptoms to a Healthcare Provider (Prevatt, 2017)
Post Date: 08/23/2017
Prevatt, Betty-Shannon, and Sarah L. Desmarais, “Facilitators and Barriers to Disclosure of Postpartum Mood Disorder Symptoms to a Healthcare Provider,”… [Read More]
Babies and Mothers Worldwide Failed by Lack of Investment in Breastfeeding (World Health Organization)
Post Date: 08/05/2017
No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and WHO… [Read More]
Baltimore Enlists Doulas to Help Bring Infant Mortality Rate Down (Baltimore Sun)
Post Date: 08/05/2017
Baltimore’s city health department has started a pilot program to train city residents to become doulas — non-medical companions who… [Read More]
Africa: Statistics South Africa Releases Report on Perinatal Deaths in South Africa (All Africa)
Post Date: 08/05/2017
According to the Perinatal Deaths 2015 report released by Statistics South Africa, the total number of perinatal deaths that occurred… [Read More]
Increases in Caesarean Delivery Rates and Change of Perinatal Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Hospital-Level Analysis of Two WHO Surveys (Zhao, 2017)
Post Date: 08/01/2017
Zhao, Yanjun, Javier Zamora, Joshua Peter Vogel et al., “Increases in Caesarean Delivery Rates and the Change of Perinatal Outcomes… [Read More]
The Cost Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Maternal and Fetal Mortality in a Regional Referral Hospital in Accra, Ghana (Goodman, 2017)
Post Date: 07/24/2017
Goodman, David M., Rohit Ramaswamy, Marc Jeuland et al., “The Cost Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Maternal… [Read More]
The BetterBirth Program: Pursuing Effective Adoption and Sustained Use of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist through Coaching-Based Implementation in Uttar Pradesh, India (Kara, 2017)
Post Date: 06/25/2017
Kara, Nabihah, Rebecca Firestone, Tapan Kalita et al., “The BetterBirth Program: Pursuing Effective Adoption and Sustained Use of the WHO… [Read More]
Successful Implementation of Helping Babies Survive and Helping Mothers Survive Programs – An Utstein Formula for Newborn and Maternal Survival (Ersdal, 2017)
Post Date: 06/24/2017
Ersdal, Hege L., Nalini Singhal, Georgina Msemo et al., “Successful Implementation of Helping Babies Survive and Helping Mothers Survive Programs… [Read More]
Migrant Women’s Experiences, Meanings and Ways of Dealing with Postnatal Depression: A Meta-Ethnographic Study (Schmied, 2017)
Post Date: 04/05/2017
Schmied, Virginia, Emma Black, Norell Naidoo et al., “Migrant Women’s Experiences, Meanings and Ways of Dealing with Postnatal Depression: A… [Read More]
