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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Sierra Leone was the worst affected country in West Africa’s recent Ebola epidemic. Prior to the epidemic, the status of the health system was poor. The most recent public…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Access to safe drinking water and improved hygiene are important for reducing diarrhea morbidity and mortality. A clinic-based intervention to integrate the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: In Haiti only 36% of births take place in health facilities, putting women at high risk of maternal mortality. One reason for the low use of facility-based…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Impacto de la comunicación inmediata de toda mujer con morbilidad obstétrica grave, por WatsApp a las máximas autoridades y a todos los directivos de hospital, ambulancias y…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of the nearly 300,000 maternal deaths that occur annually. Nearly 34% of maternal deaths in Africa are due to PPH (WHO 2012).…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: There is now broad consensus that health user fees ‘punish the poor and prevent people from accessing life-saving treatment. According to WHO, user fees are ‘the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: High parity and advanced maternal age pregnancies are associated with increased risk of maternal death, as well as other adverse outcomes. Most of these…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Before 1990, modern contraception methods and abortion were illegal in Romania while over 80% of maternal deaths were reportedly caused by illegal abortion. In…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 All programs make implicit assumptions that are critical to the successful implementation of the program.  Taking a realist evaluation approach, we interrogate assumptions in…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Despite the focus on stillbirth that was well developed in the Lancet Stillbirth Series 2011, there has not been much specific action on how to achieve…