Management of post-partum hemorrhage in low-income countries.
Management of post-partum hemorrhage in low-income countries.
The provision of safe and effective delivery care for all women in poor countries remains elusive, resulting in a continuing burden of mortality in general and mortality from post-partum haemorrhage in particular. Deployment of a functional health system and effective linkage of the health system to communities are the necessary prerequisites for the provision of the life-saving technical interventions that will make a difference in individual cases. Sadly, two factors militate against progress: the mantra that ‘we know what works’ (resulting in some serious gaps in evidence for best practice in resource-poor settings) and a lack of large-scale investment in maternity services to counteract the degradation of infrastructure and depletion of human resources evident in many countries.
barriers to access to care, developing countries, health systems, post-partum haemorrhage
1013-1023
Walraven, Gijs
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Wanyonyi, Sikolia
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Stones, William
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December 2008
Walraven, Gijs
701d76aa-fefc-4c43-a823-b5f5369a3638
Wanyonyi, Sikolia
122f47e2-9ee3-482a-bd80-ec7dfd4daddd
Stones, William
e1cb5658-a244-49fc-b1f5-e805fbc1f309
Walraven, Gijs, Wanyonyi, Sikolia and Stones, William
(2008)
Management of post-partum hemorrhage in low-income countries.
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 22 (6), .
(doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.08.002).
Abstract
The provision of safe and effective delivery care for all women in poor countries remains elusive, resulting in a continuing burden of mortality in general and mortality from post-partum haemorrhage in particular. Deployment of a functional health system and effective linkage of the health system to communities are the necessary prerequisites for the provision of the life-saving technical interventions that will make a difference in individual cases. Sadly, two factors militate against progress: the mantra that ‘we know what works’ (resulting in some serious gaps in evidence for best practice in resource-poor settings) and a lack of large-scale investment in maternity services to counteract the degradation of infrastructure and depletion of human resources evident in many countries.
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Published date: December 2008
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barriers to access to care, developing countries, health systems, post-partum haemorrhage
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/70734
ISSN: 0950-3552
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