Sonja M Firth
Biographic Data
| ID | 8959397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonja M Firth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonja M |
| FAMILY NAME | Firth |
| SIGNATURE | FIRTH S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Maternal and newborn health services in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the highest maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality rates in the Asia-Pacific region, with the COVID-19 pandemic exposing longstanding system weaknesses. This study examines established health system gaps affecting maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in PNG, identifies those considered both high-priority and feasible to address by local stakeholders, and highlights locally driven solutions for sustain…
Estimating causes of community death of adults in Myanmar from a nationwide population sample
In Myanmar 84% of deaths occur in the community, of which half are unregistered and none have a reliable cause of death (COD) recorded. Since 2018, Myanmar has introduced improved registration practices and verbal autopsy (VA) to assess whether such methods can produce policy relevant information on community COD. Community health midwives and public health supervisors grade II collected VAs on over 80,000 deaths which occurred between January 20…
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Estimating causes of community death of adults in Myanmar from a nationwide population sample
In Myanmar 84% of deaths occur in the community, of which half are unregistered and none have a reliable cause of death (COD) recorded. Since 2018, Myanmar has introduced improved registration practices and verbal autopsy (VA) to assess whether such methods can produce policy relevant information on community COD. Community health midwives and public health supervisors grade II collected VAs on over 80,000 deaths which occurred between January 20…
Maternal and newborn health services in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the highest maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality rates in the Asia-Pacific region, with the COVID-19 pandemic exposing longstanding system weaknesses. This study examines established health system gaps affecting maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in PNG, identifies those considered both high-priority and feasible to address by local stakeholders, and highlights locally driven solutions for sustain…
Public health (2 works) · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes (1 work) · Cause of death (1 work) · Communicable disease (1 work) · Community health (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Disease (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · Global Health and Epidemiology (1 work)