Browsing by Author "Mavalankar D.V."
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A review of health system infection control measures in developing countries: What can be learned to reduce maternal mortality
Hussein J.; Mavalankar D.V.; Sharma S.; D'Ambruoso L. (2011)A functional health system is a necessary part of efforts to achieve maternal mortality reduction in developing countries. Puerperal sepsis is an infection contracted during childbirth and one of the commonest causes of ... -
Infection control in delivery care units, Gujarat state, India: A needs assessment
Mehta R.; Mavalankar D.V.; Ramani K.V.; Sharma S.; Hussein J. (2011)Background: Increasingly, women in India attend health facilities for childbirth, partly due to incentives paid under government programs. Increased use of health facilities can alleviate the risks of infections contracted ... -
Maternal health in Gujarat, India: A case study
Mavalankar D.V.; Vora K.S.; Ramani K.V.; Raman P.; Sharma B.; Upadhyaya M. (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)Gujarat 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 ... -
Study of blood-transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, India
Ramani K.V.; Mavalankar D.V.; Govil D. (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)Blood-transfusion services are vital to maternal health because haemorrhage and anaemia are major causes of maternal death in South Asia. Unfortunately, due to continued governmental negligence, blood-transfusion services ...