Sean Kehoe

Maternal and Infant Deaths: Chasing Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Study Group Sean Kehoe

Brief Description: This book presents the findings of the RCOG Study Group on Millennium Development Goals, aimed at improving maternal-fetal health. Table of Contents: Part I. The Size of the Problem: 1. The geography of maternal death Wendy Graham, Jacqueline Bell, Ann Fitzmaurice, Sarah Neal, Siti Nurul Qomariyah and Zo. Matthews; 2. Delivering on neonatal survival to accelerate progress for Millennium Development Goal 4 Joy E. Lawn, Kate Kerber and Christabel Enweronu-Laryea; 3. Beyond the numbers: reviewing maternal deaths and disabilities to make pregnancy safer Gwyneth Lewis; 4. Human resource challenges Soo Downe; Part II. Clinical Problems and Solutions - Maternal: 5. Postpartum haemorrhage Andrew Weeks; 6. Reducing deaths from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Robert Pattinson, G. Justus Hofmeyr and Carine Ronsmans; 7. Obstructed labour (including partograms) Stephen Munjanja; 8. Puerperal sepsis in low- and middle-income settings: past, present and future Julia Hussein and Leighton Walker; 9. Unsafe abortion and strategies to reduce its impact on women's lives Caitlin Shannon and Beverly Winikoff; 10. HIV and tuberculosis James McIntyre; 11. A pragmatic approach to safe anaesthesia Kate Grady and Catriona Connolly; Part III. Clinical Problems and Solutions - Neonatal: 12. Innovations for improving newborn survival in developing countries: do integrated strategies for maternal and newborn care matter? Zulfiqar Bhutta, Saad Seth and Noureen Afzal; 13. Community interventions to reduce maternal and child mortality in low-income countries Audrey Prost, Christina Pagel and Anthony Costello; Part IV. Training and Development: 14. Capacity development - a midwifery perspective Frances Day-Stirk; 15. Increasing the capacity for essential obstetric and newborn care Nynke van den Broek and Jan Hofman; 16. The role of the Royal Colleges in training and development Anthony Falconer, Kate Grady, Frances Day-Stirk and Stephen Allen; Part V. Specific Challenges in Specific Countries: 17. Challenges faced in Afghanistan Jacqueline Hill and Eric Sinclair; 18. Challenges faced in Zimbabwe Stephen Munjanja; 19. How Egypt has overcome the challenges Oona Campbell, Lauren Foster Mustard, Nevine Hassanein and Karima Khalil; 20. Learning from the achievements in Sri Lanka Harshalal Seneviratne; Part VI. Consensus Views: 21. Consensus views arising from the 58th Study Group: Maternal and Infant Deaths: Chasing Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5; Index.

Contributor Bio:  Kehoe, Sean Sean Kehoe works as a Consultant at Churchill Hospital and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He currently serves on the RCOG Council (as Fellows' Representative South East) and Product Development Executive Committee (as Convenor of Study Groups). Contributor Bio:  Neilson, James James P. Neilson is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and joint Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group at the University of Liverpool. He is also Honorary Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. James is currently the Chairman of the RCOG Advisory Group and a member of the Joint RCOG/Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Advisory Board. Contributor Bio:  Norman, Jane Jane E. Norman is a Professor of Maternal and Fetal Health at the University of Edinburgh.