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The risk approach for reducing maternal mortality: the Yaounde experience
Author(s) -
Nasah B.T.,
Leke R.J.,
Doh A.S.,
Kamdom Moyo J.,
Fomulu J.,
Njikam O.M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90713-f
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , unit (ring theory) , obstetrics , developing country , maternal morbidity , software deployment , postpartum period , pregnancy , medical emergency , economic growth , genetics , mathematics education , biology , mathematics , computer science , economics , operating system
A review of the strategy of the risk approach to maternal care in the obstetrics and gynecology services of CUSS over a 12‐year period has been reported. By combining antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum family planning components and by a rational deployment of personnel and restricted resources, the maternal mortality ratio was decreased by up to 60% in one unit and maintained at 0–0.84 per 1000 in the other unit. The package is proposed as a prototype for Africa and the developing world.