background: perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. this study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in mobini hospital of sabzevar, iran. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at mobini hospital of sabzevar. our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and live...

This paper has three objectives: 1) to review data on the prevalence of chronic disease among women of reproductive age; 2) to establish that chronic diseases are an important influence on perinatal health; and 3) to emphasize opportunities where women's health and perinatal health can intersect. This involves broadening strategies aimed at improving perinatal health to emphasize a woman's over...

BACKGROUND Geographical inequalities in perinatal health and child welfare require attention. To improve the identification, and care, of mothers and young children at risk of adverse health outcomes, the HP4All-2 program was developed. The program consists of three studies, focusing on creating a continuum for risk selection and tailored care pathways from preconception and antenatal care towa...

Perinatal mortality rate is a sensitive indicator of quality of care provided to women in pregnancy, at and after child birth and to the newborns in the first week of life. Regular perinatal audit would help in identifying all the factors that play a role in causing perinatal deaths and thus help in appropriate interventions to reduce avoidable perinatal deaths. A retrospective study of perinat...

Objective. The Gambia has one of the world's highest perinatal mortality rates. We explored barriers of timely access to emergency obstetric care services resulting in perinatal deaths and in survivors of severe obstetric complications in rural Gambia. Method. We applied the "three delays" model as a framework for assessing contributing factors to perinatal deaths and obstetric complications. Q...

World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and meta-analyses of controlled trials have concluded that inappropriate perinatal care and technology continue to be practiced widely throughout the world, despite the acceptance of evidence-based principles and care. The WHO Regional Office for Europe, in consultation with policy makers and reproductive health experts recently proposed ten "Prin...

Since its birth in the 1950s and 1960s, the history of neonatal intensive care has been remarkable. It has grown from a new field with limited resources and limited capabilities into a comprehensive, technologically advanced discipline able to address a wide range of newborn illnesses, and this growth has contributed to a rapid decline in neonatal mortality. Throughout this period, medical prov...

T he Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI) devised Project 27/78 to identify the patterns of perinatal practice and service that may have affected the risk of a neonatal death between 27 and 28 weeks gestation. An executive summary is available on the CESDI website (www.cemach.org.uk). The report deals with perinatal care but this article concentrates on the key me...