Browsing Open Access Journal Articles by Subject "Maternal mortality"

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    • Innovations and challenges in reducing maternal mortality in Tamil nadu, India 

      Padmanaban, P.; Raman, Parvathy; Mavalankar, Dileep (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Although India has made slow progress in reducing maternal mortality, progress in Tamil Nadu has been rapid. This case study documents how Tamil Nadu has taken initiatives to improve maternal health services leading to ...

    • 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 ...

    • Maternal health situation in India: A case study 

      Vora, Kranti S.; Mavalankar, Dileep; Ramani, K. V.; Upadhyaya, Mudita; Sharma, Bharati; Iyengar, Sharad; Gupta, Vikram; Iyengar, Kirti (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Since the beginning of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, India has accounted for at least a quarter of maternal deaths reported globally. India's goal is to lower maternal mortality to less than 100 per 100,000 livebirths ...

    • Maternal healthcare financing: Gujarat's Chiranjeevi scheme and its beneficiaries 

      Bhat, R.; Mavalankar, D.V.; Singh, P.V.; Singh, N. (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
      Maternal mortality is an important public-health issue in India, specifically in Gujarat. Contributing factors are the Government's inability to operationalize the First Referral Units and to provide an adequate level of ...

    • Where there is no anesthetist - increasing capacity for emergency obstetric care in rural India: An evaluation of a pilot program to train general doctors 

      Mavalankar D.; Callahan K.; Sriram V.; Singh P.; Desai A. (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)
      Objective: The lack of anesthesia providers in rural public sector hospitals is a significant barrier to providing emergency obstetric care. In 2006, the state of Gujarat initiated the Life Saving Anesthetic Skills (LSAS) ...