A study has identified 56 essential interventions which are most likely to improve the health and safety of mothers, infants, and young children and help countries to meet Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The list of evidence based interventions includes screening and treating pregnant women for anaemia and hypertension, preventing and managing post-partum haemorrhage, immediate thermal care for newborns, and antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia in children.
Every year 358 000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth and 7.6 million children die before the age of 5, says the study. More than half of maternal deaths are caused by excessive bleeding (35%) and hypertension (18%). Half of newborn babies die during the first 24 hours of life and 75% during the first week of life, mainly from preterm birth, severe infections, and asphyxia.The list will help policy makers set priorities and decide where to put their funds and resources, say the World Health Organization, the Aga Khan University, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, which supported the three year study.
Every year 358 000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth and 7.6 million children die before the age of 5, says the study. More than half of maternal deaths are caused by excessive bleeding (35%) and hypertension (18%). Half of newborn babies die during the first 24 hours of life and 75% during the first week of life, mainly from preterm birth, severe infections, and asphyxia.The list will help policy makers set priorities and decide where to put their funds and resources, say the World Health Organization, the Aga Khan University, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, which supported the three year study.
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