Ending Eclampsia, February 2018 The profiles and outcomes of women with early onset of pre-eclampsia (compared to late onset) suggest that seriousness of morbidity increases with earlier onset. Although not statistically significant, more deaths were reported from women presenting with…
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Addressing Barriers to Quality of Underutilized Commodities and Services for Prevention and Management of Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia in Kenya
Ending Eclampsia, March 2018 Results suggest a good policy environment in Kenya: Policy and strategy documents clearly outline prevention, management, and referral for women with PE/E, but policy documents, training materials, and job aids are not available at facilities in…
Exploring barriers and opportunities for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia prevention and management in Ethiopia
Ending Eclampsia, 2018 Themes of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia-related care access and quality in Ethiopia aligned the Three Delays model—deciding to seek care, reaching care, and receiving care once at a facility. Delays in seeking care involve women’s decision-making power for…
Screening and management of preeclampsia and eclampsia in antenatal and labor and delivery services: findings from cross-sectional observation studies in six sub-Saharan African countries
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 This paper presents findings on the quality of clinical practices for the identification and management of PE/E in antenatal and labor and delivery care in six sub-Saharan Africa countries. Findings in this paper provide important information on the quality of…
Antihypertensive drugs for high blood pressure in pregnancy
Ending Eclampsia, 2019 This brief describes the challenges to ensuring women have access to antihypertensive drugs to control their BP during pregnancy, challenges that include national task shifting policies, frequent stock outs, health worker trainings, and inadequate support for task shifting…
Serum amyloid A, procalcitonin, highly sensitive C reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor alpha levels and acute inflammatory response in patients with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count (HELLP) and eclampsia
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 2018 The investigated parameters were useful to gain an understanding of the maternal inflammatory profile of pre-eclampsia and might be beneficial as markers to predict complications such as HELLP and eclampsia and to…
Findings from post-intervention analysis of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Cross River 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…
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…
Risk Factors for Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia in Honduras
Ending Eclampsia, 2018 Honduras-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 Spanish.
Maternal and fetal outcomes of emergency obstetric referrals to a Nigerian teaching hospital
Tropical Doctor, 2017 Findings were that the majority of women presented at health centers late. Severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia were the most common indications for referral, accounting for 33 percent of all referrals. Perinatal and maternal fatality rates were 16…
