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Finding solutions to maternal and perinatal mortality

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Find solutions to the common causes of maternal and perinatal deaths.
  • List the potentially avoidable causes of maternal death.
  • Take steps to prevent maternal death.
  • List the potentially avoidable causes of perinatal death.
  • Take steps to avoid the primary causes of perinatal death.
  • Improve the care of newborn infants.
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5-1 How can you find solutions to maternal and perinatal deaths?
5-2 What is an avoidable factor?
5-3 What is a missed opportunity?
5-4 How can you recognise substandard care?
5-5 How are problems and avoidable factors identified?
5-6 How can avoidable factors be classified?
5-7 How can avoidable factors related to health workers be subdivided?
5-8 Why is it important to identify the specific avoidable factor?
5-9 Where can you look for answers?
5-10 What changes should be made to reduce mortality rates?
5-11 How can these changes be made?
5-12 Can maternal deaths be prevented?
5-13 What specific patient related avoidable factors are associated with maternal death?
5-14 What specific health worker related avoidable factors are associated with maternal death?
5-15 What specific administrative related avoidable factors are associated with maternal death?
5-16 How can patient related factors be addressed?
5-17 What can be done to improve the care provided by health workers?
5-18 What are the key recommendations to prevent maternal deaths?
5-19 Should every maternal death be reported?
5-20 What national HIV/AIDS policy is needed for pregnant women?
5-21 Can perinatal deaths be prevented?
5-22 What are the important patient related factors associated with perinatal death?
5-23 What are the important administrative related factors associated with perinatal death?
5-24 When are health worker related factors associated with perinatal death?
5-25 What are the important health worker related factors during antenatal care that are associated with perinatal death?
5-26 What are the important health worker related factors during labour that are associated with perinatal death?
5-27 What are the important health worker related factors during neonatal care that are associated with perinatal death?
5-28 Which primary causes of neonatal mortality urgently need solutions?
5-29 Can perinatal mortality be prevented?
5-30 What should be done to reduce the perinatal mortality rate during pregnancy?
5-31 What should be done to reduce the perinatal mortality rate during labour?
5-32 What should be done to reduce the perinatal mortality rate after delivery:
5-33 Why do some infants die of intrapartum hypoxia?
5-34 What can be done to reduce the risk of fetal hypoxia?
5-35 How can monitoring of the fetal heart rate during labour be improved?
5-36 What can be done to prevent hypoxia after delivery?
5-37 What can be done to decrease the mortality of preterm infants?
5-38 How can Kangaroo Mother Care prevent neonatal deaths?
5-39 How can infection of the fetus be prevented?
5-40 What can be done to prevent infection during labour?
5-41 How can bacterial infection of the newborn infant be prevented?
5-42 How can the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV be reduced?
5-43 What can health administrators do to reduce perinatal mortality?
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