Improving Birth Outcomes:

Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World

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Publication Year:2003

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Judith R. Bale, Barbara J. Stoll, Adetokunbo O. Lucas Editors, Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes
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Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps needed to reduce that gap. It reviews the available ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Executive Summary	1-16	(skim)
1. Introduction	17-40	(skim)
2. Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity	41-89	(skim)
3. Reducing Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity	90-133	(skim)
4. Reducing Fetal Mortality	134-162	(skim)
5. Improving Birth Outcomes Within Health Care Systems	163-202	(skim)
6. The Problem of Low Birth Weight	203-235	(skim)
7. Reducing Mortality and Morbidity from Birth Defects	236-261	(skim)
8. Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV	262-292	(skim)
9. Summing Up: The Way Forward	293-298	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	299-304	(skim)
Appendix B: Defining Developing Countries	305-309	(skim)
Appendix C: The Essential Competencies of a Skilled Birth Attendant	310-313	(skim)
Appendix D: Committee Biographies	314-319	(skim)
Appendix E: Dissenting Note	320-323	(skim)
Glossary	324-333	(skim)
Acronyms	334-336	(skim)
Index	337-354	(skim)

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Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps needed to reduce that gap. It reviews the available statistics of low birth weight, prematurity, and birth defects; reviews current knowledge and practices of a healthy pregnancy, identifies cost-effective opportunities for improving birth outcomes and supporting families with an infant handicapped by birth problems, and recommens priority research, capacity building, and institutional and global efforts to reduce adverse birth outcomes in developing countries. The committee has based its study on data and information from several developing countries, and provides recommendations that can assist the March of Dimes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and NIH in tailoring their international program and forging new partnerships to reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with adverse birth outcomes.

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