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Midwifery Is Part of the Culture

Posted on July 28, 2017July 31, 2017

By: Barbara Kühlen, Independent consultant for global health and development

Midwifery Is Part of the Culture

Guatemala has a shortage of skilled birth attendants, and health workers do not always provide culturally sensitive, respectful maternity care. As a result, traditional birth attendants, known as comadronas, often assume responsibility for women’s care during pregnancy and childbirth…read more

CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Cross-post Maternal Health The Global Maternal Health Workforce
TOPICSTOPICS: Barriers to Health Care Access Community-based Care Health Systems Human Resources for Health Inequities & Inequalities Maternal Mortality MDG Midwifery Policy & Advocacy Quality of Care Respectful Maternity Care Social Determinants
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Guatemala

Not ready for primetime: Challenges of antenatal ultrasound in low- and middle-income country settings

Posted on June 28, 2017August 28, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Open Access Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Antenatal Care Commodities
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Democratic Republic of Congo Guatemala Kenya Pakistan Zambia

Maternal near miss in low-resource areas

Posted on May 23, 2017May 24, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Maternal Mortality
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Democratic Republic of Congo Guatemala India Kenya Pakistan Zambia

Professional midwifery in Guatemala: A qualitative exploration of perceptions, attitudes and expectations among stakeholders

Posted on May 18, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Community-based Care Health Systems Human Resources for Health Midwifery Reproductive Health
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Guatemala

Barriers and facilitators for institutional delivery among poor Mesoamerican women: A cross-sectional study

Posted on March 30, 2017March 29, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Barriers to Health Care Access Cesarean Section Facility-based Births Inequities & Inequalities Maternal Mortality Quality of Care
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua

Prenatal care and child growth and schooling in four low- and medium-income countries

Posted on February 6, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Open Access Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Antenatal Care
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Brazil Guatemala Philippines South Africa

Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research: Probable causes of stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries using a prospectively defined classification system

Posted on January 31, 2017February 1, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Health Systems Postpartum Hemorrhage Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia Social Determinants Stillbirth
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Democratic Republic of Congo Guatemala India Kenya Pakistan Zambia

Evaluation of focused obstetric ultrasound examinations by health care personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Kenya, Pakistan, and Zambia

Posted on January 22, 2017May 22, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Open Access Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Education Human Resources for Health
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Democratic Republic of Congo Guatemala Kenya Pakistan Zambia

Web-based quality assurance process drives improvements in obstetric ultrasound in 5 low- and middle-income countries

Posted on December 23, 2016January 5, 2017
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: Open Access Research
TOPICSTOPICS: Antenatal Care Human Resources for Health Quality of Care Technology & Innovation
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Democratic Republic of Congo Guatemala Kenya Pakistan Zambia

CDC releases preliminary estimates of birth defects following Zika virus infection in pregnancy

Posted on December 16, 2016
CATEGORIESCATEGORIES: News Open Access
TOPICSTOPICS: Infectious Disease Newborn Health Postnatal/Postpartum Care Zika
GEOGRAPHIESGEOGRAPHIES: Barbados Belize Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Marshall Islands Mexico Venezuela

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