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Assessing The Effect Of A Primary Health Care Intervention For Improving Pre-Eclampsia And Eclampsia Knowledge And Practice In Bangladesh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Shongkour Roy, Kanij Sultana, Charlotte E. Warren
Assessing The Effect Of A Primary Health Care Intervention For Improving Pre-Eclampsia And Eclampsia Knowledge And Practice In Bangladesh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Shongkour Roy, Kanij Sultana, Charlotte E. Warren
Reproductive Health
In resource-poor countries such as Bangladesh, proven life-saving commodities for pregnant women have not been optimally examined, such as magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) to manage severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, use of anti-hypertensives to manage high blood pressure during pregnancy, aspirin prophylaxis for pregnant women at high risk of PE/E, as well as task shifting to lower health-worker cadres, and community involvement. There has been no systematic review of research and programming on PE/E prevention, early detection, and treatment in Bangladesh. With support from USAID, the Ending Eclampsia project has been expanding access to proven, underutilized interventions and commodities for PE/E prevention, early detection, …
Engaging Community Women’S Groups To Improve Maternal Health Care Delivery In Cross River: Implementation Research Report, Pooja Sripad, Emmanuel Nwala, Tracy Mcclair, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Charlotte E. Warren
Engaging Community Women’S Groups To Improve Maternal Health Care Delivery In Cross River: Implementation Research Report, Pooja Sripad, Emmanuel Nwala, Tracy Mcclair, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Charlotte E. Warren
Reproductive Health
Ending Eclampsia’s main objective is to improve access to underutilized interventions and commodities by training community health extension workers in preventing, detecting (screening), and managing pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. While the broader project emphasizes primary health care interventions, this implementation research (IR) study focused on a community intervention in one state, in areas where the facility interventions were active. This final research report describes IR testing the feasibility and utility of employing women’s groups as community platforms to increase women’s access to quality antenatal service utilization, using pre-eclampsia screening as the entry point. The study was conducted in 48 communities in …