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Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health

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    Benefits of Advance Oxytocin Preparation Could Extend to the Newborn
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2015, 3(2):149; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00156

    Advance preparation of oxytocin not only facilitates rapid administration after delivery to prevent postpartum hemorrhage but also could free health workers to provide immediate neonatal resuscitation to non-breathing newborns within the critical 1-minute time window.

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    Appropriate Management of Acute Diarrhea in Children Among Public and Private Providers in Gujarat, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey
    Christa L Fischer Walker, Sunita Taneja, Amnesty LeFevre, Robert E Black and Sarmila Mazumder
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2015, 3(2):230-241; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00209

    Training public-sector providers to treat diarrhea in children with low-osmolarity oral rehydration salts and zinc appeared to be effective. Among private providers, drug-detailing visits by pharmaceutical representatives seemed less effective, particularly in improving knowledge of the correct dosage and duration of zinc treatment. Consistent supplies and sufficient attention to training all health care cadres, especially community health workers who may be new to diarrhea treatment and informal-sector providers who are typically excluded from formal training, are critical to improving knowledge and prescribing behaviors.

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    Bedside Availability of Prepared Oxytocin and Rapid Administration After Delivery to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage: An Observational Study in Karnataka, India
    Corrina Moucheraud, Jonathon Gass, Stuart Lipsitz, Jonathan Spector, Priya Agrawal, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Atul Gawande and Bhala Kodkany
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2015, 3(2):300-304; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00239

    Advance preparation and bedside availability of oxytocin before childbirth was significantly and robustly associated with rapid administration of the utertonic, as recommended to prevent postpartum hemorrhage.

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    Female Health Workers at the Doorstep: A Pilot of Community-Based Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Service Delivery in Northern Nigeria
    Charles A Uzondu, Henry V Doctor, Sally E Findley, Godwin Y Afenyadu and Alastair Ager
    Global Health: Science and Practice March 2015, 3(1):97-108; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00117

    Deployment of resident female Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) to a remote rural community led to major and sustained increases in service utilization, including antenatal care and facility-based deliveries. Key components to success: (1) providing an additional rural residence allowance to help recruit and retain CHEWs; (2) posting the female CHEWs in pairs to avoid isolation and provide mutual support; (3) ensuring supplies and transportation means for home visits; and (4) allowing CHEWs to perform deliveries.

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    Caution on corticosteroids for preterm delivery: learning from missteps
    Stephen Hodgins
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2014, 2(4):371-373; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00197

    An important new study in lower-level health facilities in low- and middle-income countries found an increased risk of neonatal deaths with corticosteroid use in pregnant women with imminent preterm birth, in contrast with the positive results previously found in high-income countries. The surprising finding demonstrates that context matters. The increase appears largely due to steroids administered in cases that were not actually preterm, probably due to inaccurate pregnancy dating and challenges with diagnostic capacity. Promoting public health often requires decisions based on less-than-perfect evidence, but we must be vigilant about gathering and assessing new evidence and ready to change strategies.

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    Reaching out to a community to improve maternal health in Ghana: the story of one midwife
    John Kuumuori Ganle
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):366-369; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00110
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    Oxytocin: taking the heat
    Stephen Hodgins
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):259-260; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00102

    Oxytocin-in-Uniject satisfied the standards of its temperature-time indicator (TTI) in severe home storage conditions, although that required resupply every 30 days—a logistically onerous programmatic standard. Possible advances include: (1) incorporating TTIs with packaged batches of less expensive and more widely used conventional vials of oxytocin; (2) using TTIs calibrated more closely to the actual temperature sensitivity of oxytocin; and (3) researching whether a lower dose of oxytocin would be equally efficacious in preventing postpartum hemorrhage.

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    Are national policies and programs for prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage and preeclampsia adequate? A key informant survey in 37 countries
    Jeffrey Michael Smith, Sheena Currie, Tirza Cannon, Deborah Armbruster and Julia Perri
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):275-284; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00034

    Most surveyed countries have many supportive policies and program elements, but issues remain that impede maternal health efforts, including: inconsistent availability of essential commodities, particularly misoprostol; limitations on midwives' scope of practice; incomplete or out-of-date service delivery guidelines; and weak reporting systems.

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    Cumulative effects of heat exposure and storage conditions of Oxytocin-in-Uniject in rural Ghana: implications for scale up
    Luke C Mullany, Sam Newton, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Edward Adiibokah, Charlotte T Agyemang, Patience Cofie, Steve Brooke, Seth Owusu-Agyei and Cynthia K Stanton
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):285-294; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00043

    Oxytocin-in-Uniject devices could be stored 30 to 40 days without refrigeration under typical field conditions, with wastage levels below 10%, based on simulation studies.

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    Can traditional birth attendants be trained to accurately identify septic infants, initiate antibiotics, and refer in a rural African setting?
    Christopher John Gill, William B MacLeod, Grace Phiri-Mazala, Nicholas G Guerina, Mark Mirochnick, Anna B Knapp and Davidson H Hamer
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):318-327; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00045

    Despite having limited training, these TBAs were able to accurately identify critically ill neonates, initiate treatment in the field, and refer for further care. Given their proximity to the mother/infant pair, and their role in rural communities, training and equipping TBAs in this role could be effective in reducing neonatal mortality.

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