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By: Patience Castleton, PhD Candidate at the Robinson Research Institute and the School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia; Salima Meherali, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Nursing; Zohra Lassi, PhD,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: The aggregate of countries and territories in the Caribbean region are noted to have maternal and child mortality statistics that are favorable in comparison to…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Medical Licentiates (ML), also known as Associate Clinicians are members of the mid-level workforce in thirteen countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: In Myanmar, non-MNCH care tasks and limited practice on core MNCH activities lead to midwife overload and reduced competency in some MNCH activities. A modified…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Drawing from programs that have improved maternal and neonatal outcomes, we designed a group antenatal care (ANC) program that creates social support and…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 In Ethiopia there are 0.3 doctors, nurses and midwives per 1000 population, far below the WHO recommended 2.3 per 1000 population. The greatest shortage is for physicians,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 This presentation will speak about global trends in adolescent health, and highlight challenges to improving health outcomes and successful strategies towards overcoming…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Decades of armed conflict in South Sudan has resulted in weak educational and health systems, a very low adult literacy rate (27%), low institutional delivery…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: KMC is an evidence-based technology useful for ameliorating LBW effects on infant mortality and morbidity. It brings physiologically sound, human and emotionally…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Madagascar’s community health policy promotes community-based maternal, neonatal, reproductive and child health service delivery by CHVs in areas at >5km from a health…