Recommended readings
- Neonatal survival 2: Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?
- ( G.L. Darmstadt; Z.A. Bhutta; S. Cousens / The Lancet , 2005)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, the second in The Lancet neonatal survival series, reviews evidence for the effectiveness of newborn health interventions in developing countries. It selects 16 simple interventions of pro...
- Neonatal survival 3: Systematic scaling up of neonatal care in countries
- ( R. Knippenberg; J.E. Lawn; G.L. Darmstadt / The Lancet , 2005)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, the third in The Lancet neonatal survival series, argues that up to 70 per cent (approximately three million) of all neonatal deaths could be prevented if proven interventions were effecti...
- What can a meta-analysis tell us about traditional birth attendant training and pregnancy outcomes?
- ( L. Sibley; T.A. Sipe / Elsevier Science , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This article from the journal Midwifery examines existing research on the effectiveness of training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in developing countries. Findings suggest that training has a su...
- The evidence for emergency obstetric care
- ( A. Paxton; D. Maine; L. Freedman / Elsevier Science , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- Published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, this article examines evidence for the effectiveness of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in reducing maternal mortality, focusing on...
- Effect of a participatory intervention with women’s groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial
- ( D. S. Manandhar; D. Osrin; H. Standing; A. M. de L. Costello / The Lancet , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in The Lancet, reports on the effects of a community-based participatory intervention to reduce neonatal (newborn) mortality in rural Makwanpur district, Nepal. The interventio...
- Reducing maternal deaths: evidence and action: a strategy for DFID
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) outlines its strategy for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries. It asserts that previous approaches focusing on an...
- Making pregnancy safer: the critical role of the skilled attendant: a joint statement by WHO, ICM and FIGO
- ( Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO) , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- In this joint statement, the World Health Organization, ICM and FIGO make the case for skilled attendants in childbirth. They assert that women need a continuum of care in childbearing to ensure the b...
- Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities
- ( A. Costello; D. Osrin; A. Manandhar / British Medical Journal , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asserts that current safe motherhood and newborn care programmes, which emphasise skilled attendance and institutional delivery, are failing to reac...
- Entry into this world: who should assist?: birth attendants and newborn health
- ( I. Narayanan; T. Shaver; P. A. Clark; D. Cordero; S. Faillace / Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival, USAID , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- Produced by the Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival Project (BASICS II), this document emphasises the vital role of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and other skilled health workers in ...
- Effect of pneumonia case management on mortality in neonates, infants, and preschool children: a meta-analysis of community-based trials
- ( S. Sazawal; R. E. Black / The Lancet , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in The Lancet, discusses the results of a meta-analysis to estimate the impact on child mortality of the case-management approach to pneumonia proposed by the World Health Orga...
- Effect of home-based neonatal care and management of sepsis on neonatal mortality: field trial in rural India
- ( A.T. Bang; R. A. Bang; S. B. Baitule / The Lancet , 1999)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in The Lancet, reports on a study of a neonatal (newborn) health intervention in rural Maharashtra, India which took place from 1993 to 1998. The intervention involved village...
- Strategies for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries: what can we learn from the history of the industrialized West?
- ( V. De Brouwere; R. Tonglet; W. Van Lerberghe / Tropical Medicine & International Health , 1998)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from Tropical Medicine & International Health notes that after ten years of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, maternal mortality ratios in many developing countries remain similar to those of...
