Obstetric Care in Poor Settings in Ghana, India, and Kenya

Obstetric Care in Poor Settings in Ghana, India, and Kenya

Women are at much greater risk in childbirth in developing countries than in developed countries. This report explores why maternal mortality continues to be so high in developing countries, and why emergency obstetric services are little utilized,...

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Main Authors: Mills, Samuel, Bos, Eduard, Lule, Elizabeth, Ramana, G.N.V., Bulatao, Rodolfo
Format: Other Health Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ABORTION
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV
HOSPITAL
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUSBANDS
HYPERTENSION
HYPOTHERMIA
ILLITERACY
ILLITERACY RATE
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFERTILITY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMED DECISIONS
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF MIDWIVES
INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS
KNOWLEDGE BASE
LABOR FORCE
LEADING CAUSES
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFETIME RISK
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES
LOW-INCOME SETTINGS
MALARIA
MATERNAL CARE
MATERNAL CAUSES
MATERNAL DEATH
MATERNAL DEATHS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE
MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
MATERNAL MORBIDITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS
MATERNITY CARE
MATERNITY HOSPITAL
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICAL FACILITIES
MEDICAL FACILITY
MEDICATION
MIDWIFE
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MISSION HOSPITAL
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MOTHER
NUMBER OF WOMEN
NURSE
NURSES
NURSING
NURSING HOMES
NUTRITION
OBSTETRIC CARE
OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS
OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES
OBSTETRIC FACILITIES
OBSTETRIC FISTULA
OPINION LEADERS
PANDEMIC
PHARMACIES
PHYSICIANS
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POOR WOMEN
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POST-ABORTION
POST-ABORTION CARE
POSTABORTION
POSTABORTION CARE
POSTNATAL CARE
POSTPARTUM PERIOD
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY OUTCOME
PREGNANCY OUTCOMES
PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSES
PREGNANT WOMAN
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIVATE CLINIC
PROGRESS
PROPHYLAXIS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
PUBLIC DEBATE
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITATIVE INFORMATION
QUALITY OF CARE
REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DISTRICT
RURAL WOMEN
SAFE ABORTION
SAFE ABORTION SERVICES
SANITATION
SCHOOLS
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
SKILLED ATTENDANTS
SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SPONTANEOUS ABORTION
SPOUSES
STATUS OF WOMEN
SUBSISTENCE FARMING
TELEVISION
TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
TUBERCULOSIS
UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
UNSAFE ABORTION
UNWANTED PREGNANCY
URBAN CENTERS
USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
VAGINAL DELIVERY
VIOLENCE
VITAL STATISTICS
WOMAN
WOMEN WITH ABORTION COMPLICATIONS
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8959579/obstetric-care-poor-settings-ghana-india-kenya
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13770

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8959579/obstetric-care-poor-settings-ghana-india-kenya
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13770

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