MNCH e-Post

BMC | Factors influencing decision-making for caesarean section in Sweden – a qualitative study
“Findings suggest that believing that normal birth offers women and babies the best possible outcome contributes to having and maintaining a low CS rate. Both midwives and obstetricians agreed that having a shared belief (in normal birth), a common goal (of achieving normal birth) and providing mainly midwife-led care within a ‘team approach’ helped them achieve their goal and keep their CS rate low.”
 
LANCET | Developmental disabilities among children younger than 5 years in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
“The global burden of developmental disabilities has not significantly improved since 1990, suggesting inadequate global attention on the developmental potential of children who survived childhood as a result of child survival programmes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.”
 
BMC | A qualitative study to explore the attitudes of women and obstetricians towards caesarean delivery in rural Bangladesh
“There is a need to educate women about the advantages and disadvantages of different birthing modes to ensure their active participation in the decision-making process. Strong policy regulations are needed to ensure legitimate decision making by obstetricians regarding mode of birthing.”
 
HPP | Measuring family planning quality and its link with contraceptive use in public facilities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
“These results suggest that service quality in public facilities may be less relevant to contraceptive use in environments where the universe and reach of providers changes actively. Programs promoting contraception therefore need to consider quality within facility types and their service environments.”

Kakaire Ayub Kirunda | My 2 cents on protecting pregnant teens from illegal transactional marriages
Lars Åke Persson | Breastfeeding in low-resource settings: Not a “small matter”
Cephas Mugerwa | My reflections on the COMONETH Project’s influence on safe family care practices in rural Uganda
Molly Tumusiime | What Women Want: Respectful Care and an End to Obstetric Fistula in Uganda