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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: The reduction of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Mexico is short of achieving MDG-5.1 set at 22.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; MMR in 2012 was 42.7,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Task shifting is one way to optimize health worker roles to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, particularly in hard-to-reach geographical areas and in…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Countries with human resource shortages are increasingly looking for innovative approaches to get high quality, life-saving Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality persists as one of the most important challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Women and newborns continue to…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: More than 40% of maternal and new-born deaths occur in the first 24 hours after birth, reinforcing the critical need for improved maternal and newborn care on…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Since 2007, Mozambique has seen substantial improvements in the institutional delivery rate, met need for emergency obstetric care (EmOC), population-based…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Nepal is one of the countries on track for achieving the Millennium Development Goal 5 for reducing maternal mortality by 80 percent by 2015. As acknowledged by the White…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: An iatrogenic fistula is a fistula resulting from surgery performed by a medical person. In this presentation we discuss fistulas in women between bladder/ureter…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: In 2015, many LMICs are facing a multifaceted burden of infectious diseases, maternal disease, neonatal disease, non-communicable diseases. Surgical and…