Ending Eclampsia, September 2019 Exploring ways to integrate the two components of the Ending Eclampsia Model within existing training systems should be explored to further reduce costs. This implementation cost analysis serves as a starting point for those considering implementation…
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Primary Healthcare for Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia Model in Nigeria: A cost analysis
Ending Eclampsia, September 2019 This implementation cost analysis serves as a starting point for those considering implementation of different components of the PHC PE/E Model. Ways to consolidate costs of implementing the five components of the Nigeria Ending Eclampsia intervention…
Feasibility and acceptability of community health extension workers to identify and treat hypertension associated with pregnancy in Ebonyi State: Implementation research report
Ending Eclampsia, March 2019 This study demonstrates how ministries of Health might use these missed opportunities to detect pre-eclampsia (and potentially other conditions) and prevent deterioration by providing anti-hypertensives and magnesium sulphate to stabilize and refer women. Download the report…
Assessing the effect of a primary health care intervention for improving pre-eclampsia and eclampsia knowledge and practice in Bangladesh
Ending Eclampsia, 2019 This intervention, which targeted PHC facilities, has resulted in a number of notable successes. Results showed improved PHC provider knowledge, abilities, and practices for detecting, preventing, and managing PE/E, improved facility readiness to provide PE/E services, improved…
Findings from post-intervention analysis of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Kogi State, Nigeria
Ending Eclampsia, 2018 This brief presents study findings from Cross River State on post-intervention landscape changes in programmatic and policy support for PE/E prevention and treatment; PHC facilities’ capacity to manage PE/E; provider knowledge and competence in preventing, detecting, and managing…
Findings from post-intervention analysis of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Ending Eclampsia, 2018 This brief presents study findings from Cross River State, Nigeria on post-intervention landscape changes in programmatic and policy support for PE/E prevention and treatment; PHC facilities’ capacity to manage PE/E; provider knowledge and competence in preventing, detecting, and…
Primary Health Care-Preeclampsia/Eclampsia Plus Model
Ending Eclampsia, 2018 Starting in 2016, Ending Eclampsia initiated six additional implementation research studies in three countries – Bangladesh, Nigeria, Pakistan – to identify and assess additional components that, in conjunction with the Core Model, can further improve prevention, detection,…
What ails good policies on prevention and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: Two counties in Kenya
By Charity Ndwiga, Program Officer In Kenya, despite the maternal mortality rate remaining high—between 2003 and 2014 (more than 400 deaths per 100,000 live births)—the proportion of mothers accessing antenatal care (ANC) and emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) increased…
Determinants of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia among women attending delivery services in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A case control study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 The study identified protective and risk factors for PE/E. To promptly diagnose and treat pre-eclampsia, health workers need to pay special attention to women with primigravida and multiple pregnancy. Health care providers should also provide nutritional…
Nutrition and pre-eclampsia risk factors in Ethiopia
By Khadijah Alibhai In Ethiopia, 412 women die per 100,000 live births. Most of these deaths are preventable, and 19 percent of them are from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia (PE/E). Typically, pre-eclampsia is detectable during early…
