Innovations in Maternal Health presents a compilation of twenty-three innovations from the area of Maternal and Newborn Health. These innovations have been written in the case-study style for teaching, which will be beneficial for capacity building initiatives for health-care professionals. These descriptive cases cover innovative programmes, initiatives and technologies implemented in India. Each case is complemented by a documentary film provided in the accompanying DVD. The book takes us on a boat ride through the rarely travelled riverine areas of the Majuli Islands of Assam and the Sunderbans in West Bengal to the state of Tamil Nadu, which is known for its constant endeavours to improve its health-care system, considered one of the best in the country. Technological innovations to address hypothermia in newborns and buy time in cases of postpartum haemorrhage in low-resource settings have been documented in detail. The book hopes to encourage readers to analytically view the need for innovations, critically analyse their success and challenges and the need for information sharing for better utilization of existing knowledge.
Foreword K.Srinath Reddy Introduction I:: HEALTH SYSTEM FOR MATERNAL AND NEWBORN CARE (ACCESS; QUALITY; AVAILABILITY; AFFORDABILITY) Access to Healthcare Services in Remote Areas Ships of Hope:: Mobile Boat Clinics in the Riverine Areas of Assam (C-NES) - Radhika Arora The Three-tier Outreach Model for Hard to Reach Areas:: The Sunderbans - Sourav Neogi Behaviour Change Communications Innovation in Behaviour Change Communication:: The RACHNA Project - Raj Mohan Panda and Sourav Neogi Financial Access to Health Care Services Increasing Financial and Physical Access for Service Delivery:: Sambhav Voucher Scheme - Sourav Neogi Health Care Infrastructure LifeSpring Hospital Pvt Ltd. - Madhavi Misra Merrygold Health Network - Madhavi Misra Human Resources Addressing Issues of Human Resources and Quality of Care:: The Yashoda - Radhika Arora Quality Initiatives in Health Care Services Quality Assurance Programmes (QAPs) in Public Health Facilities - Sanghita Bhattacharya and Radhika Arora Referral Transport Emergency Referral Transport:: The GVK-EMRI Model - Raj Mohan Panda and Sourav Neogi Low-cost Referral Transport:: The Janani Express - Sourav Neogi II:: ADDRESSING DIRECT CAUSES OF MORTALITY Newborn Care (Hypothermia) Warmth for newborns:: The Embrace Infant Warmer - Madhavi Misra Post-partum Hemorrhage (PPH) Use of Non-pneumatic Anti-shock Garment (NASG):: The Raksha Project - Madhavi Misra III:: ADDDRESSING INDIRECT CAUSES OF MATERNAL AND NEWBORN MORTALITY Family Planning Promoting Change in Reproductive Behaviour:: PRACHAR - Sanghita Bhattacharya and Radhika Arora Community-based Intersectoral Interventions in Health The Silver Lining:: Community-led Initiatives for Child Survival (CLICS) - Radhika Arora Community for Care:: Comprehensive Rural Healthcare Projects (CRHP) - Radhika Arora Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health Growing up Healthy:: Anwesha Clinics, Friends Clinic, and Safdarjung Hospital Adolescent Health Network (SHAHN) - Radhika Arora IV:: ACCOUNTABILITY OF PROGRAMMES Monitoring and Evaluation Collection of Evidence through Randomized Control Trial Setting:: Ekjut Trial - Sutapa B Neogi and Sourav Neogi Putting Evident into Action:: Maternal Death Audit/Review - Sutapa B Neogi and Sourav Neogi Social Accountability Initiatives Promoting Social Accountability for Safe Motherhood:: White Ribbon Alliance India - Raj Mohan Panda and Sourav Neogi V:: SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS AS INNOVATION ENGINES State Feature Innovative Approaches in Maternal and Newborn Care:: Tamil Nadu Health System - Sourav Neogi and Madhavi Misra Organization Feature Using Science and Technology for Care:: Action Research and Training for Health (ARTH) - Madhavi Misra Index
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