05483nam 2200961Ia 450 991095710950332120251017110101.09786612083945978030916682903091668299781282083943128208394597803095259920309525993(CKB)111087027006892(SSID)ssj0000177358(PQKBManifestationID)11169732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177358(PQKBWorkID)10210302(PQKB)10734566(MiAaPQ)EBC3375887(Au-PeEL)EBL3375887(CaPaEBR)ebr10049193(OCoLC)923259598(DNLM)1182798(BIP)8795901(EXLCZ)9911108702700689220030623d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrImproving birth outcomes meeting the challenges in the developing world /Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes, Board on Global Health ; Judith R. Bale, Barbara J. Stoll, and Adetokunbo O. Lucas, editors1st ed.Washington, DC National Academies Pressc2003372 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780309086141 Print version: Improving birth outcomes. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2003 0309086140 (DLC) 2003014374 (OCoLC)52515844 Includes bibliographical references and index.FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- PART I Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- PART II Addressing Maternal, Neonatal, and Fetal Mortality and Morbidity -- 2 Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity -- 3 Reducing Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity -- 4 Reducing Fetal Mortality -- PART III Improving Health Care Systems -- 5 Improving Birth Outcomes Within Health Care Systems -- PART IV Additional Causes of Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity -- 6 The Problem of Low Birth Weight -- 7 Reducing Mortality and Morbidity from Birth Defects -- 8 Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV -- 9 Summing Up: The Way Forward -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B Defining Developing Countries -- Appendix C The Essential Competencies of a Skilled Birth Attendant -- Appendix D Committee Biographies -- Appendix E Dissenting Note -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Index.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.Newborn infantsDeveloping countriesMortalityPreventionNewborn infantsDiseasesDeveloping countriesPreventionFetal deathDeveloping countriesPreventionFetusDiseasesDeveloping countriesPreventionMothersDeveloping countriesMortalityPreventionInfant health servicesDeveloping countriesMaternal health servicesDeveloping countriesPregnancyComplicationsDeveloping countriesPreventionMothersMortalityPregnancy Outcome(DNLM)D011256Pregnancy Complicationsprevention & control(DNLM)D011248Q00517Infant Mortality(DNLM)D007226Maternal Mortality(DNLM)D008428Developing Countries(DNLM)D003906Newborn infantsMortalityPrevention.Newborn infantsDiseasesPrevention.Fetal deathPrevention.FetusDiseasesPrevention.MothersMortalityPrevention.Infant health servicesMaternal health servicesPregnancyComplicationsPrevention.MothersMortality.Pregnancy Outcome.Pregnancy Complicationsprevention & control.Infant Mortality.Maternal Mortality.Developing Countries.362.1/989201/091724Bale Judith R1802510Stoll Barbara J1802511Lucas Adetokunbo O1802512Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957109503321Improving birth outcomes4348409UNINA