A guide for essential practice
Department of Making Pregnancy Safer Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care World Health Organization Geneva 2006 WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care a guide for essential practice. At head of title Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth. 1.Labor, Obstetric 2.Delivery, Obstetric 3.Prenatal care 4.Perinatal care -methods 5.Postnatal care - methods 6.Pregnancy...
Structure And Presentation
This Guide is a tool for clinical decision-making. The content is presented in a frame work of coloured flow charts supported by information and treatment charts which give further details of care. The framework is based on a syndromic approach whereby the skilled attendant identifies a limited number of key clinical signs and symptoms, enabling her him to classify the condition according to severity and give appropriate treatment. Severity is marked in colour red for emergencies, yellow for...
Acknowledgements
The Guide was prepared by a team of the World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research RHR , led by Jerker Liljestrand and Jelka Zupan. The concept and first drafts were developed by Sandra Gove and Patricia Whitesell ACT International, Atlanta, Jerker Liljestrand, Denise Roth, Betty Sweet, AnneThompson, and Jelka Zupan. Revisions were subsequently carried out by Annie Portela, Luc de Bernis, Ornella Lincetto, Rita Kabra, Maggie Usher, Agostino Borra, Rick Guidotti,...