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Country experience with strengthening of health systems and deployment of midwives in countries with high maternal mortality.

Van Lerberghe, Wim ; Matthews, Zoe ; Achadi, Endang ; Ancona, Chiara ; Campbell, James ; Channon, Amos ; de Bernis, Luc ; De Brouwere, Vincent ; Fauveau, Vincent and Fogstad, Helga , et al. (2014) In The Lancet 384(9949). p.1215-1225
Abstract
This paper complements the other papers in the Lancet Series on midwifery by documenting the experience of low-income and middle-income countries that deployed midwives as one of the core constituents of their strategy to improve maternal and newborn health. It examines the constellation of various diverse health-system strengthening interventions deployed by Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Morocco, among which the scaling up of the pre-service education of midwives was only one element. Efforts in health system strengthening in these countries have been characterised by: expansion of the network of health facilities with increased uptake of facility birthing, scaling up of the production of midwives, reduction of financial... (More)
This paper complements the other papers in the Lancet Series on midwifery by documenting the experience of low-income and middle-income countries that deployed midwives as one of the core constituents of their strategy to improve maternal and newborn health. It examines the constellation of various diverse health-system strengthening interventions deployed by Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Morocco, among which the scaling up of the pre-service education of midwives was only one element. Efforts in health system strengthening in these countries have been characterised by: expansion of the network of health facilities with increased uptake of facility birthing, scaling up of the production of midwives, reduction of financial barriers, and late attention for improving the quality of care. Overmedicalisation and respectful woman-centred care have received little or no attention. (Less)
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The Lancet
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384
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9949
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1215 - 1225
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:24965819
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1474-547X
DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60919-3
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English
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  author       = {{Van Lerberghe, Wim and Matthews, Zoe and Achadi, Endang and Ancona, Chiara and Campbell, James and Channon, Amos and de Bernis, Luc and De Brouwere, Vincent and Fauveau, Vincent and Fogstad, Helga and Koblinsky, Marge and Liljestrand, Jerker and Mechbal, Abdelhay and Murray, Susan F and Rathavay, Tung and Rehr, Helen and Richard, Fabienne and Ten Hoope-Bender, Petra and Turkmani, Sabera}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9949}},
  pages        = {{1215--1225}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{The Lancet}},
  title        = {{Country experience with strengthening of health systems and deployment of midwives in countries with high maternal mortality.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60919-3}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60919-3}},
  volume       = {{384}},
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