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March 27, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board. At least 35 women were planning to give birth at Astria Toppenish Hospital in January alone, and the sudden closure — which violated the hospital’s commitment to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34, expecting her first child, scrambled to find a new doctor before her due date, Jan. 7. Jazzmin Maldonado, a 29-year-old schoolteacher due to give birth soon, wondered how...more
March 27, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Research has repeatedly shown that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States." (para 7). "That approach also reveals that premature infants born to poor parents are more likely to die than those born into the richest families. Yet there is one group that doesn’t gain the same protection from being rich, the study finds: Black mothers and babies." (para 10). "'It suggests that the well-documented Black-white gap in infant and maternal health that’s been discussed a lot in recent years is not just explained by differences in economic circumstances,' said Maya Rossin-Slater, an economist studying health policy at Stanford and an author of the...more
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

Table 1 untitled, shows that the indicator/year 2010/11 has an ANC of 34%, 10% skill delivery, 7% postnatal care, 676 / 100,000 maternal mortality, 59 / 1000 child mortality, 29% contraceptive prevalence, 4.8 fertility rate and 79 / 1000 adolescent birth rate. It also shows that for the indicator/year 2014/15, there was an ANC of 96.9%, 60.7% skilled delivery, 90% postnatal care, 420 / 100,000 maternal mortality, decrease in child mortality to 55 / 1000, contraceptive prevalence increased to 46%, significant increase of fertility rate to 401, and a reduction in the adolescent birth rate to 65/1000. Maternal mortality decreased by 256/100,000, child mortality decreased by 4/1000 (18). "The gender...more
Feb. 27, 2023, 8:27 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

“Due to a number of factors, Romani women are at a higher risk of complications during pregnancy than the majority population. According to the situation analysis of the Bulgarian National Roma Integration Strategy, 12.6% of the Romani population, including children, have at least one form of disability or suffer from a serious chronic disease. A significant proportion of Romani people aged 45–60 years, one-third of Romani men and two-fifths of Romani women in this age group, suffer from poor health affecting working ability, either fully or partially” (5). “The Bulgarian Constitution protects motherhood and guarantees free obstetric care for mothers. The Bulgarian Health Act stipulates that the State shall ensure...more
Feb. 27, 2023, 8:17 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

“Lack of health insurance sometimes limited skilled attendance at childbirth. In April the NGO LARGO Association issued a report which estimated that 60 to 70 percent of all uninsured women, or between 8 and 9 percent of all women in the country, did not receive prenatal care and had no access to relevant medical tests. According to the report, 57 percent of uninsured women were Roma. Home births were illegal, and medical personnel could be prosecuted if they assisted them.” (23).
Feb. 27, 2023, 8:13 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

“Lack of health insurance sometimes limited skilled attendance at childbirth. In April the NGO LARGO Association issued a report which estimated that 60 to 70 percent of all uninsured women, or between 8 and 9 percent of all women in the country, did not receive prenatal care and had no access to relevant medical tests. According to the report, 57 percent of uninsured women were Roma. Home births were illegal, and medical personnel could be prosecuted if they assisted them.” (23).
Feb. 27, 2023, 7:56 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

“The funds for child and maternal healthcare have been increased, outgoing Health Minister Assena Serbezova told journalists.” (Para. 1). “Pregnant women will be scheduled for two additional ultrasound examinations to monitor the pregnancy. For uninsured pregnant women, a package of tests, four examinations and two hospitalizations will be provided if necessary during pregnancy.” (Para. 5).
Feb. 27, 2023, 7:47 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

From 2020 to 2021, women experienced a 5% decrease in satisfaction with healthcare for pregnant women. They also experienced a 5% decrease in satisfaction with women's healthcare as a whole. Women feeling safe when walking at night also slightly decreased, by 1%. (Para. 4)
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Safe motherhood program has been a national priority program in Nepal since the formulation of National Safe Motherhood policy in 1998. The National Safe Motherhood Plan (2002-2017), revised in 2005, formed a basis for the current Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Long Term Plan (2006-2017), the implementation of which is bringing positive impacts on infrastructure development and delivery of maternal health services at rural level. The maternal and reproductive health of women has been improved by implementing the guidelines regarding uterine prolapse, safe abortion, safe motherhood, and management of human resources for safe delivery. The Antenatal Incentive Program launched in 2011 has been providing incentives to mothers who complete four...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:17 a.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"In 2020, baby twins born through surrogacy were abandoned at a Mexican hospital. The surrogate, who was carrying the babies for a couple living in the U.S., suffered complications when she was six months pregnant and had to undergo a C-section. One of the babies was born with serious cognitive deficits and physical impairments.The surrogate had suffered multiple health problems during the pregnancy, she said in an interview with local radio station MVS News, including low blood sugar and fainting, but the surrogacy agency told her to just rest at home. When she finally went to the hospital, the doctors were more concerned about the unborn babies, she said. 'They...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:52 a.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m. when Izabela Sajbor realized the doctors were prepared to let her die.Her doctor had already told her that her fetus had severe abnormalities and would almost certainly die in the womb. If it made it to term, life expectancy was a year, at most. At 22 weeks pregnant, Ms. Sajbor had been admitted to a hospital after her water broke prematurely. She knew that there was a short window to induce birth or surgically remove the fetus to avert infection and potentially fatal sepsis. But even as she developed a fever, vomited and convulsed on the floor, it seemed to be the...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:31 a.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"It was 2am, a few hours after Anna took the pills, when Carla knocked on her Aunt Rose’s bedroom door for help. Anna was feverish and distressed. She had wrapped herself in a comforter but couldn’t stop shivering...They spent the next four hours travelling by tricycle and then by car from hospital to hospital in Cavite and then, northwards, in Manila. They were repeatedly turned away; one facility said the relevant ward was only accepting Covid patients, another demanded a large deposit before treatment...The next afternoon, a doctor at a hospital that finally accepted Anna explained she was in a critical condition, experiencing complications from an abortion" (Para.8-10-12). "Anna stabilised...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Japan is one of 11 countries — and the only one of the Group of Seven largest economies — that mandate women to get their spouse’s consent to obtain an abortion, with very few exceptions, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, an international organization. In practice, advocates say, the requirement often applies to unmarried women, too, and has led to rare and tragic instances of women leaving their babies in public places to die — something the Jikei Hospital baby hatch is meant to address" (Para.5). "Abortions are legal, but only by expensive surgery. Contraceptive use is low. Morning-after pills are expensive and only available by prescription. Japan is...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:36 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Mariam Maqsoodi, a 29-year-old resident doctor, says that after a rise in abandoned newborns at the hospital – probably due to Afghanistan’s economic crisis – they have formed an 'adoption committee' to ensure the babies are taken care of. 'We register families who can’t have children and would like to adopt, and if we can’t find a family for the babies, one of our staff usually adopts,' she says, adding: 'It’s sad. We recently had a little boy whose mother died while giving birth, and his father ran away without taking him home. We make sure each child is taken care of.' " (Para.8-9).
Feb. 5, 2023, 9:19 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Since 2008, the Turkish government has used a surveillance system called GEBLIZ (an acronym for the Pregnancy, Newborn and Post-Partum Monitoring System) to record and track all pregnant women who visit maternity services. Under the GEBLIZ system, health personnel visit pregnant women’s homes to track the development of their babies. In several cases, women have been outed to their families as pregnant by official visits from GEBLIZ staff, who knock on the door and announce that they have 'come over to track the status of the pregnant woman in the house.'" (para 6).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:50 p.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"And pregnant women seeking medical services can be placed under suspicion if they are not married, under Qatar’s strict morality laws." (para 5). "And regarding women who are pregnant and require medical care, it says they should be given care ‘regardless of the circumstances and will not face any accusations’" (para 8).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Antenatal care (ANC) services are provided free on all public health facilities in the country. However, the proportion of women who received at least one ANC has dropped from 86% to 73.6% in the reporting period. The proportions of women who deliver in health facilities remain high at 87% while 88% of the deliveries are attended by skilled birth attendants." (19)
Jan. 12, 2023, 10:25 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: ISTD-DATA-2, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, RISW-PRACTICE-2

"'Women need everything right now … water, food, safe shelter, psychosocial medical care and prophylactics to prevent pregnancy and the transmission of sexual diseases,' said Filippova. 'And it’s urgent. The situation is getting worse, not better.'"(para 43).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Reproductive rights and information on sexual health were non-existent…[']There was no healthcare[']…"(para 4-5) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The lack of access of any type of health care implies that additional health services such as mental health and pre and post natal care may not have been provided to women).
Jan. 12, 2023, 7:24 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Only 22 per cent of women who died had received ‘good’ care, the report found. Maternal suicide accounted for four in ten deaths occurring within a year after the end of pregnancy, and was the leading cause of death." (para 6). "An NHS spokesman said more women are benefiting from specialist perinatal mental health services than ever before, with nearly 45,000 accessing support last year – up by more than a quarter compared to the previous year." (para 9).
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Obstetric fistula is a traumatic childbirth injury that occurs when women have prolonged and obstructed labour in the absence of access to timely and skilled emergency obstetric care. The sustained pressure of a baby’s head against the mother’s pelvis cuts off the blood supply, causing the tissue to die and fall away. The resulting hole between the bladder and/or rectum is called a fistula, and it causes uncontrollable leaking of urine or faeces, or both. It affects some of the poorest and most vulnerable women worldwide" (para 5). "Global estimates suggest that between 50,000 to 100,000 pregnant women develop a fistula each year, and in 90 per cent of cases...more
July 7, 2022, 12:10 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"A growing number of non-white women are resorting to alternatives to hospitals for labor and delivery in the US, a new report has revealed" (Para. 1). "According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit organization that focuses on public policies surrounding women and families, community births – births carried out at home or in community birthing centers – increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020, with the spike largely situated among communities of color" (Para. 2). "The increase for Black, non-Hispanic women was 30%, followed by 26% among Native Americans, 24% for Hispanic women, and 18% for both Asian and white women. Community births among native Hawaiian...more
July 6, 2022, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Djibouti
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"There has been an improvement in maternal and child health care, in particular, with regard to vaccination, prenatal and postnatal consultations, assisted childbirth, contraception, care for children’s illnesses (diarrhoea, fevers, etc.)" (22). "...There has also been an increase in the rate of assisted deliveries (midwives, nurses, doctors and/or gynaecologists), from 87 per cent in 2012 to 92 per cent in 2019, as a result of the expanded geographical distribution of health-care facilities, with the construction of health-care clinics throughout the country..." (22). "...and the number of midwives rose from 40 to 303 between 2000 and 2015} (23). "Act No. 58/AN/19/8 L on the ratification of the financing agreement for the...more
July 1, 2022, 11:43 a.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Moreover, 49 per cent of births took place in a health facility (more than double than the 2009-10 proportion), the proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel increased from 30 per cent to 57 per cent, and the rate of women making four or more antenatal care visits increased from 55 per cent to 77 per cent" (33). "The 'National Family Health Program' implemented by MoH since July 2015, supported by development partners, intends to bring a “Comprehensive Service Package of Primary Health Care” to the household, providing home visits, clinical consultation, treatment and referrals by health professionals. In May 2017, medical teams had visited 94 per cent of...more
July 1, 2022, 11:06 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Efforts to reduce MMR are implemented by expanding access to maternal health services through increased skilled health personnel in health care centre, provision of antenatal care for mother and baby, ensuring all child delivery is conducted in health facilities, and family planning services... Jampersal target community members who have not obtained health insurance. As of 2019, Jampersal covers services in 33 provinces and 497 regencies/cities such as financing antenatal services, delivery assistance by health personnel, postpartum services, and family planning services" (32). "The Government has implemented a strategy to tackle the issue of malnutrition, especially the prevention of stunting. The Government has launched the Integrated Nutrition Intervention policy which focuses...more
June 28, 2022, 2:56 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Among women age 15-49 who had given birth at a health facility in the 3 years prior to the survey and received postnatal care, 87% received counseling about exclusive breastfeeding, 21% received information on family planning methods, 14% received information on the importance of spacing and limiting births, and 10% received information on sources of family planning methods. With respect to other types of counseling, 7% of women received information on immediate tubal ligation; 5% each on progesterone-only pills, immediate IUD insertion, and immediate implant insertion; and 2% on use of the LAM" (90). "The percentage of women receiving antenatal care (ANC) from a medically trained provider has increased sharply...more
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Danish maternity care is differentiated, making special services available to vulnerable pregnant women and their families. The Ministry of Health launched an initiative in 2018 aiming at setting the direction for the future effort in relation to childbirth. The objectives include developing birth plans tailored to the individual labouring mother and enhancing the effort towards vulnerable pregnant women, ensuring comfortable surroundings during childbirth regardless of where the pregnant women choose to give birth, ensuring a healthy work environment among personnel, and improving digitalization. At present, pregnant women receive a paper based maternity record, which they must bring to midwife consultations, doctor’s appointments and the maternity ward. This is challenging in...more
June 7, 2022, 10:47 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"In order to promote women’s health, efforts have been made to strengthen services and medical assistance. In recent years, the central and local governments have cumulatively invested over 2 billion yuan in the Project on the Reduction of Maternal Mortality Rate and the Elimination of Neonatal Tetanus. From 2008 to 2010, the central government allocated 7 billion yuan in a nationwide bid to subsidize delivery of babies in rural hospitals. Since 2009, folic acid supplements have been provided free of charge to women of childbearing age in rural areas across the country; rural women were given breast cancer and cervical cancer screening, also free of charge; poor women patients were...more
May 27, 2022, 4:14 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"The rate of benefitting from prenatal care services, which is important for maternal health, was reached to 99,5 per cent as of 2018" (24). "Prenatal care programme is one of the routine services that is applied across the country in order to increase maternal health level and reduce maternal mortality" (24). "With the Pregnant Information Class Programme, it is aimed to ensure that all pregnant women are informed about prenatal, natal and postnatal care and they give births consciously, to provide expectant parents with knowledge and skills in vaginal delivery, pain management and adoption of their new roles... 915.426 pregnant women received training between 2015–2018 in these classes" (25). "Expectant...more
May 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"According to data collected through MICS in 2010, 94.3 per cent of all deliveries were attended by skilled health personnel (MICS 2010) compared to 93.4 per cent in 2006. According to MICS 2010 a proportion of 92.3 per cent of all deliveries took place in a health facility of which 71.5 per cent in a public health facility and 20.8 per cent in a private health facility, while 3.9 per cent of the deliveries took place at home (MICS 2010)" (29). "Notwithstanding, the National Safe Motherhood Assessment of 2011 recorded a great need for rapid expansion and scale up of the number of midwives and others with midwifery competencies and...more