| Title |
Saving mothers and newborns in communities: strengthening community midwives to provide high quality essential newborn and maternal care in Baluchistan, Pakistan in a financially sustainable manner
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2393-14-131 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zubia Mumtaz, Andrea Cutherell, Afshan Bhatti |
| Abstract |
To address it's persistently high maternal mortality rate of 276/100,000 live births, the government of Pakistan created a new cadre of community based midwives (CMW). One expectation is that CMWs will improve access to maternal health services for underserved women. Recent research shows the CMWs have largely failed to establish midwifery practices, because CMW's lack of skills, both clinical and entrepreneurial and funds necessary to develop their practice infrastructure and logistics. Communities also lack trust in their competence to conduct safe births. To address these issues, the Saving Mothers and Newborn (SMNC) intervention will implement three key elements to support the CMWs to establish their private practices: (1) upgrade CMW clinical skills (2) provide business-skills training and small loans (3) generate demand for CMW services using cellular phone SMS technology and existing women's support groups. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 155 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Master | 39 | 25% |
| Researcher | 26 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 16% |
| Unknown | 38 | 24% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 46 | 29% |
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