Improving Surveillance for Maternal and Perinatal Health in 2 Districts of Rural Tanzania

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ID11025995
AutoresAndrew Kilonzo (Andrew Kilonzo is with Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. Michelle Kouletio is with the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sara J. Whitehead, Kathryn M. Curtis, and Brian J. McCarthy are with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health and the Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Michelle Kouletio (Andrew Kilonzo is with Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. Michelle Kouletio is with the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sara J. Whitehead, Kathryn M. Curtis, and Brian J. McCarthy are with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health and the Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Sara J Whitehead (Andrew Kilonzo is with Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. Michelle Kouletio is with the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sara J. Whitehead, Kathryn M. Curtis, and Brian J. McCarthy are with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health and the Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Sara Whitehead (Bugando Medical Centre), Kathryn M Curtis (0000-0002-5892-3786, Andrew Kilonzo is with Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. Michelle Kouletio is with the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sara J. Whitehead, Kathryn M. Curtis, and Brian J. McCarthy are with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health and the Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Brian J McCarthy (Andrew Kilonzo is with Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. Michelle Kouletio is with the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sara J. Whitehead, Kathryn M. Curtis, and Brian J. McCarthy are with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health and the Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.)
Ano2001
Volume91
Fascículo10
Páginas1636-1640
Data de publicação2001-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.91.10.1636
PMID11574326
OpenAlexW2127621425
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas8

Objectives. As part of a community-based reproductive health project in rural Tanzania, a maternal and perinatal health care surveillance system was established to monitor pregnancy outcomes. This report presents preliminary results. Methods. Village health workers were trained to collect data during health education visits to pregnant and postpartum women. Maternal and fetal or infant survival or deaths were tracked on a community monitoring board. Results. Among 904 pregnancies, the fetoneonatal mortality rate was 69.4 deaths per 1000 live births and fetal deaths; 4 maternal deaths occurred. Intrapartum and early neonatal deaths of infants with birthweights of 1500 g or greater represented a large proportion of deaths. Conclusions. These preliminary results will be used to prioritize project interventions, including increasing access to skilled delivery care

Environmental health · Health facility · Health services · Infant mortality · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Global Health and Epidemiology · Global Health and Surgery · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing