Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are among the leading causes of maternal death and disability worldwide. The risk of a pregnant woman dying from it in a developing country is approximately 300 times greater than in developed countries. The World Health Organization…
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
November 30th, 2016
The Current State of Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Prevention and Treatment
The most recent Maternal Health Task Force quarterly newsletter highlighted postpartum hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia – the two leading causes of maternal deaths globally – and focused on magnesium sulphate for treatment of eclamptic convulsions. In response, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain,…
Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Impacts Mothers and Babies
Each year, 15 million babies are born too soon. Of these, more than one million die from complications related to preterm birth (PTB) – or birth before 37 weeks gestation. Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of perinatal death from…
Maternal Health Supplies: Why Do Women Die Needlessly in Pregnancy and Childbirth in a World Where Prevention Is Entirely Possible?
The RHSC is now ready to mobilize its capacity for leveraging more than 350 member organizations to support innovative funding mechanisms, employ sophisticated analytical tools for market development, and embrace effective partnerships to address the bottlenecks that undermine commodity security across the RH space, including maternal health supplies.