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This post was originally published on Project Syndicate here. To improve quality of care before, during, and after childbirth, the global health community must develop new, evidence-backed interventions that address the underlying – often hidden – reasons why health-care providers fail to take the necessary steps. The first step is...
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By Alka Dev In 1804, Haiti defeated its French colonizers to become the first Black nation to gain independence due to a large and successful slave rebellion. While the country was free to promote human rights, universal citizenship, and participation in government, development in Haiti has been a broad challenge....
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This blog was originally posted as an editorial in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics here. In this issue of the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (IJGO), you will find among others six papers from the FIGO Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health (SMNH) Committee. The papers deal with...
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This post originally appeared as a comment in BMJ Global Health here. Introduction A strategy of childbirth in facilities close to home has been in place for almost two decades,1 but given numerous reports of low quality of care,2 3 the recent review of the strategy is timely.2 4 The...
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In humanitarian settings, women, children and newborns are disproportionately affected. Statistics have shown that women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men in a disaster. Every day, an estimated 500 women and girls die from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth in fragile and humanitarian settings....
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