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dc.contributor.authorMavalankar D.V.
dc.contributor.authorVora K.S.
dc.contributor.authorRamani K.V.
dc.contributor.authorRaman P.
dc.contributor.authorSharma B.
dc.contributor.authorUpadhyaya M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-11T10:17:34Z
dc.date.available2022-02-11T10:17:34Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationMavalankar, D. v., Vora, K. S., Ramani, K. v., Raman, P., Sharma, B., & Upadhyaya, M. (2009). Maternal health in Gujarat, India: A case study. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v27i2.3366
dc.identifier.issn16060997
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v27i2.3366
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/25424
dc.description.abstractGujarat state of India has come a long way in improving the health indicators since independence, but progress in reducing maternal mortality has been slow and largely unmeasured or documented. This case study identified several challenges for reducing the maternal mortality ratio, including lack of the managerial capacity, shortage of skilled human resources, non-availability of blood in rural areas, and infrastructural and supply bottlenecks. The Gujarat Government has taken several initiatives to improve maternal health services, such as partnership with private obstetricians to provide delivery care to poor women, a relatively-short training of medical officers and nurses to provide emergency obstetric care (EmOC), and an improved emergency transport system. However, several challenges still remain. Recommendations are made for expanding the management capacity for maternal health, operationalization of health facilities, and ensuring EmOC on 24/7 (24 hours a day, seven days a week) basis by posting nurse-midwives and trained medical officers for skilled care, ensuring availability of blood, and improving the registration and auditing of all maternal deaths. However, all these interventions can only take place if there are substantially-increased political will and social awareness. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInternational Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Health, Population and Nutrition
dc.subjectHealth services
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectManagement capacity
dc.subjectMaternal health
dc.subjectMaternal mortality
dc.subjectMorbidity
dc.titleMaternal health in Gujarat, India: A case study
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.licenseCC BY
dc.contributor.affiliationCentre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorMavalankar, D.V., Centre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorVora, K.S., Centre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorRamani, K.V., Centre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorRaman, P., Centre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorSharma, B., Centre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorUpadhyaya, M., Centre for Management of Health Services, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015, India
dc.description.scopusid6701799274
dc.description.scopusid24069451300
dc.description.scopusid7006683305
dc.description.scopusid16235044400
dc.description.scopusid55869815300
dc.description.scopusid57196597599
dc.identifier.doi10.3329/jhpn.v27i2.3366
dc.identifier.endpage248
dc.identifier.startpage235
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.volume27
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