A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Russian's invasion of Ukraine has seriously disrupted perinatal care. In a humanitarian initiative, emergency obstetric and neonatal equipment and drugs were provided by Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International and distributed by Ukrainian partners to a selected 61 maternity hospitals throughout Ukraine. The programme included engaging mothers in labour to undertake fetal heart rate monitoring using a battery operated, portable, doppler ultrasound probe. This paper describes some characteristics of participants and analyses differences in fetal distress management and maternal / neonatal outcomes following different approaches to fetal health surveillance.

Methods

Data from 28,808 births were collected in specially developed database which contained informa

SUBMITTER: Mogilevkina I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature