Navajo midwives in New Mexico plan first-ever Native American birth center
Posted onStrategies for Reducing and Treating Maternal Mental Health Disorders
Posted onIn South Africa, 47% of pregnant women and 34% of women after birth in low-income settings experience maternal depression. Despite the high prevalence, there is no state-provided programmatic response. Resolved to develop a meaningful response to this hidden crisis, a small group of midwives, volunteer counsellors and a medical doctor envisioned integrating mental health care for mothers at all points of entry in public sector services. The program they implemented was a success and has impacted thousands of lives… read more
Someone Like Us: Involving Peer Workers in the Treatment for Maternal Depression in Goa, India
Posted onThis blog post starts in Goa. Not at the white beaches, but in the antenatal clinic at Asilo hospital in Mapusa where women in all stages of pregnancy are queuing up for antenatal check-ups. It is one of the busy days at the hospital, with women sometimes needing to stand for hours before they are seen by a doctor. At least 15% of women in this queue suffer from perinatal depression and this figure can increase to up to 30% after the baby has been born – this is what we know from our research. In a country like India, where human resources are low, health-systems ill-equipped and mental disorders heavily stigmatized, these women will always be silent sufferers and will only in rare cases get the help and care they need to overcome their condition… read more
WHO Recommendations on Health Promotion Interventions for Maternal and Newborn Health
Posted onBasic newborn care and neonatal resuscitation: A multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions
Posted onTreatment of neonatal infections: A multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions
Posted onInpatient care of small and sick newborns: A multi-country analysis of health system bottlenecks and potential solutions
Posted onCounting every stillbirth and neonatal death through mortality audit to improve quality of care for every pregnant woman and her baby
Posted onThree Approaches to Improving Maternal Mental Health From a Low-Resource Setting
Posted onThe majority of developing countries have a high prevalence of maternal depression ranging from18-25%. Countries with a high prevalence of maternal depression need a universal approach to maternal psychosocial well-being during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. A universal approach means that all women in the perinatal period should receive an intervention on maternal psychosocial well-being, which is integrated into MNCH programs and is simple enough to be delivered by community health workers so as to prevent psychosocial morbidity… read more