BackgroundMaternal, newborn and child essential health services are used as tracer indicators for monitoring universal coverage among countries. This study aims to measure accessibility, factors aiding access, its associated cost of maternal neonatal (M&NHS) slum dwellers Chennai.MethodologyCross sectional design with cluster sampling using Probability Proportion Sampling. The participants were...

Throughout their life, women should pay attention to mental health. Evidence indicates that poor sleep quality is related depressive symptoms in pregnancy, justifying the intervention of health professionals improving promote pregnant women. The objective our study analyze relationship between and perinatal depression, identify obstetric nurse’s period. A total 53 28th week pregnancy 7th day af...

Utilization of health services is a multidimensional behavioural phenomenon, particularly when it comes to pregnancy and delivery concerns. The importance maternal care in reducing mortality morbidity has received significant recognition. Most the deaths can be prevented if women have access basic antenatal, postnatal care. However, uptake very low even areas where they are extensively availabl...

BACKGROUND Only 39% of deliveries in Pakistan are attended by skilled birth attendants, while Pakistan's target for skilled birth attendance by 2015 is > 90%. METHODS A 12-month maternal health voucher intervention was implemented in Dera Ghazi Khan City, located in Southern Punjab, Pakistan in 2009. A pre-test/post-test non-experimental study was conducted to assess the impact of the interve...

ICDS program has made significant improvement in availability and utilization of antenatal and natal care including IFA supplementation, TT administration and delivery by trained personnel. However, postnatal care and promotion and initiation of breastfeeding within 2 hours of birth still remain deficit areas.

The postpartum period is a critical time to address high unmet family planning need and to reduce the risks of closely spaced pregnancies. Practical tools are included in the new resource for integrating postpartum family planning at points when women have frequent health system contact, including during antenatal care, labor and delivery, postnatal care, immunization, and child health care.

A longitudinal follow-up study of postnatal depression was performed in the years 1995-2000 in the University of Oulu. A volunteer, ramdomly selected group of 187 mothers from maternal wards of the University Hospital of Oulu were studied with different questionnaires in the first postpartum week. Depressive symptoms were re-assessed with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale four months postpar...

Background: In this study, we aimed to assess the safety of a modified caesarean delivery (Charité birth) in an extended frame indications, and examine its impact on parents’ birth experience long-term effects. Methods: This prospective cohort study was performed from January June 2019. A standardized questionnaire given all women who gave as inpatient delivery. Eight months after hospital disc...

Left pulmonary artery slings and vascular rings are rare congenital anomalies definable by fetal echocardiography. Left pulmonary artery slings are associated with high respiratory morbidity and mortality. Prenatal diagnosis of a left pulmonary artery sling should prompt delivery planning for postnatal management at a pediatric tertiary care center.