Haiti-specific data on demographics, health risks, barriers to accessing care, pregnancy-related care, maternal death data, newborn/infant death data, national/provincial policies, and delivery capacity. Download in French.
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Webinar: Getting Magnesium Sulphate to the Women Who Need It: Global, National, and Local Processes
March 29, 2017 9 a.m. (EST) Presenters: Beth Yeager; Global Health Supply Chain Program Procurement and Supply Management; Director, MNCH Task Order; Chair, Maternal Health Supplies Caucus “Challenges in Procurement of Magnesium Sulfate” Alessandra Tomazzini & Fabienne Bochaton, Concept Foundation…
Health System Barriers to Access and Use of Magnesium Sulfate for Women with Severe Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia in Pakistan: Evidence for Policy and Practice
PLOS ONE, 2013 The article finds that stakeholders at every tier of a health system must be involved ensuring that MgSo4 is available and is consistently used at health facilities.
Balancing The Scales: Expanding Treatment For Pregnant Women With Life-Threatening Hypertensive Conditions In Developing Countries
Engender Health, 2007 Giving birth should be a time for celebration, but for more than half a million women each year—or one woman every minute—pregnancy and childbirth end in death and mourning. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths occur in the developing world,…
Risk Factors for Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia in Zambia
This infographic provides data on risk factors, policies, health system capacity and community perceptions in Zambia that impact health-seeking behaviors during pregnancy, specifically related to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
