| Title: |
Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation of Skilled birth attendance and Emergency obstetric care; a proposed basic framework for Pakistan |
Description:
Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide. Maternal mortality Ratio (MMR) is the indicator with widest disparity between the developed and developing world, with 99 % of the estimated 536,000 annual maternal deaths
occurring in the developing countries (WHO, 2007). More than 50% of all maternal deaths were in only six countries in 2008, out of which Pakistan was on number three
(Hogan at al., 2010). Emergency obstetric care (EmOC) and skilled birth attendance (SBA) at delivery are two recent strategies promoted to reduce MMR. In spite of the importance of SBA and EmOC in reducing MMR, there is not much consistency in the existing literature about monitoring and evaluation methods for skilled attendance and/or EmOC. Moreover, there is no specific framework used for monitoring and evaluation of SBAs and EmOC in Pakistan. In this literature review, the existing
methods and frameworks used for monitoring and evaluation of SBA and EmOC have been discussed and a comprehensive and basic framework to be applied in Pakistan is
proposed. |
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| Date Of Record Creation: |
2013-07-05 06:14:51 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Of Record Release: |
2013-07-05 06:16:36 (W3C-DTF) |
| Date Last Modified: |
2013-07-05 06:17:26 (W3C-DTF) |