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Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe

For the first time in decades, researchers are reporting a significant drop worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth, to about 342,900 in 2008 from 526,300 in 1980.

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Improving the Profession of Nursing in Slovenia

Nursing Science Quaterly, 11/03/2009

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Hyperthyroidism during pregnancy

Treating Depression During Pregnancy: Update on Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors The Female Patient, 07/08/09

Reasons Why Women Do Not Initiate Breastfeeding: A Southeastern State Study Women's Health Issues, 07/13/09

Integration of Nursing Education, Practice, and Research Through Community Partnerships: A Case Study

Advances in Nursing Science, 11/24/08

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Pregnancy Disorders That Lead to Delivery Before the 28th Week of Gestation: An Epidemiologic Approach to Classification

American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on August 27, 2008

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Impact of maternity unit closures on access to obstetrical care: The French experience between 1998 and 2003

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Birthweight and perinatal mortality among singletons and twins in north-eastern Tanzania

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 09/17/08

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Social Protection in Health Schemes for Mother and Child Population: Lessons Learned from the Latin American Region

Pan American Health Orgnization. Area of Health Systems Strengthening. Health Policies and Systems Unit.
Washington, D.C.: PAHO/WHO - 2008

“….Due to the wide variety of interventions in place, the task of identifying and describing social protection in health schemes (SPHS) for mother, newborn and child populations in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region is an arduous one. While nearly all Latin American countries have implemented immunization and nutrition programs that are standardized according to a global consensus based on worldwide experience on what works best, health protection schemes aimed at guaranteeing access to health care to mothers and children are heterogeneous and have achieved varying degrees of success.

Along with those factors within the health sector that hinder the timely delivery and quality of health services, a number of conditions outside the health sector play a key role in determining access to care and health outcomes in LAC countries. The political situation and social determinants of health are of paramount importance in the performance of social protection in health schemes SPHS in the region, given the fact that political instability and inequity shape the social landscape of many countries….” from Pedro Brito

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• English: PDF [178p.] at: http://www.paho.org/english/AD/THS/OS/SPHS-eng.pdf
• Spanish: PDF [181p] at: http://www.paho.org/spanish/AD/THS/OS/SPHS-spa.pdf
  

Breastfeeding Preterm Infants: An Educational Program to Support Mothers of Preterm Infants in Cairo, Egypt

Purpose: To develop, implement, and examine the effect of a breastfeeding educational program on breastfeeding knowledge and practices of Egyptian mothers of preterm infants.

Methods: An experimental design was used with a convenience sample of 60 mothers and their preterm infants who were born before 37 weeks of gestation. They were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Data collection instruments included breastfeeding knowledge questionnaire, observational checklist of mother’s breastfeeding practices, breastfeeding diary, infant’s and mother’s profile form, and demographic information.

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Study: Bacteria may be link in sudden baby deaths

A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria.

They found potentially dangerous bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli in nearly half of all babies who died suddenly and without explanation over a decade at a London hospital. Their findings are in Friday's Lancet medical journal.

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Study Links Preemies, Long-Term Risks

The largest-ever study of the long-term consequences of premature birth finds that children born early have higher death rates in childhood and are more likely to be childless in adulthood. Experts called the research significant because it followed 1.2 million Norwegian births over decades.

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Many maternal deaths worldwide preventable: study

Infectious diseases kill a surprisingly large number of women during pregnancy, according to a study published on Tuesday that suggests many maternal deaths in the developing world are preventable.

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