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May 22, 2018
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Issue No. 62
Dear Reader, welcome to our Issue No. 62 with great news, features, blogs, latest research publications and much more. Today is World Preeclampsia Day. We salute all who are working hard to save mothers from this life-threatening condition.
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News & Features
World commemorates second preeclampsia day
To raise awareness of preeclampsia as a life-threatening complication of pregnancy, maternal health stakeholders around the world are through different activities joining forces to commemorate the second annual World Preeclampsia Day today.

At our Centre, under the auspices of the East Africa Preterm Birth Initiaive (PTBi-EA), we are contributing to the management of preeclampsia by skilling health workers through the PRONTO In-Situ simulation-based obstetrics and newborn emergency training and clinical mentorship at select hospitals in Eastern Uganda. PTBi-EA is doing similar trainings in Kenya’s Migori County.
 
In the press:
Joy Online: Talk show on Preeclampsia
Daily Monitor: Pay more attention to pre-eclampsia signs
 
Kangaroo care; the long hug to life for preemies and low birth weight newborns
Last week on May 15 the global community commemorated yet another International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, we bring you the story of a family we saw give birth to a premature around the same day last year. Find out in this story how things stand now, one year later.
 
Latest Research
Short term sequelae of preeclampsia: a single center cohort study
“Hypertension and proteinuria are common after 6 months underlining the importance of close follow up to identify those women who need further care.”
Caesarean section audit to improve quality of care in a rural referral hospital in Tanzania
“Although this is a single centre study, these findings suggest that unnecessary Caesarean sections exist at an alarming rate even in referral hospitals and suggest that a vast number can be averted by introducing a focused CS audit system. Our findings indicate that CS audit is a useful tool and, if well implemented, can enhance rational use of resources, improve decision-making and harmonise practice among care providers.”
Risk factors for mortality and effect of correct fluid prescription in children with diarrhoea and dehydration without severe acute malnutrition admitted to Kenyan hospitals: an observational, association study
“Children at risk of in-hospital death are those with complex presentations rather than uncomplicated dehydration, and the prescription of recommended rehydration guidelines reduces risk of death. Strategies to optimise the delivery of recommended guidance should be accompanied by studies on the management of dehydration in children with comorbidities, the vulnerability of young girls, and the delivery of immediate care.”
 
Blogs & Commentaries
Reports, Tools & Guidelines
Most of deaths due to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are avoidable through the provision of timely and effective care to the women presenting with these complications. Optimizing health care to prevent and treat women with hypertensive disorders is a necessary step towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. WHO has developed the present evidence-informed recommendations with a view to promoting the best possible clinical practices for the management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
Click on the image to access the guidelines.

 
Opportunities & Events
Editor’s Note: For any comments or if you have any advice to us or information you would like to share on our email network of over 1300 stakeholders, send us an email on cmnhr.epost@gmail.com We are open to collaborations and hosting post doc as well as masters students with interest in research on maternal and newborn health.
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