The Maternal and Newborn Health Registry Study of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To implement a vital statistics registry system to register pregnant women and document birth outcomes in the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research sites in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Methods

The Global Network sites began a prospective population-based pregnancy registry to identify all pregnant women and record pregnancy outcomes up to 42 days post-delivery in more than 100 defined low-resource geographic areas (clusters). Pregnant women were registered during pregnancy, with 42-day maternal and neonatal follow-up recorded-including care received during the pregnancy and postpartum periods. Recorded outcomes included stillbirth, neonatal mortality, and maternal mortality rates.

Results

In 2010, 72848 pregnant women were enrolled a

SUBMITTER: Goudar SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3417109 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature