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| Title |
Better than nothing? maternal, newborn, and child health services and perinatal mortality, Lubumbashi, democratic republic of the Congo: a cohort study
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, April 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-016-0879-y |
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| Authors |
Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue, Françoise Kaj Malonga, Michele Dramaix-Wilmet, Roger Nlandu Ngatu, Philippe Donnen |
| Abstract |
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has a high rate of perinatal mortality (PMR), and health measures that could reduce this high rate of mortality are not accessible to all women. Where they are in place, their quality is not optimal. This study was initiated to assess the relationship between these suboptimal maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services and perinatal mortality (PM) in Lubumbashi, DRC's second-largest city. We conducted a prospective cohort study, comparing women who had no, low, moderate, or high numbers of antenatal care (ANC) visits; three different levels of delivery care; and who did or did not attend postnatal care (PNC). Women were followed for 50 days after delivery, with PM as the primary endpoint. Uptake of recommended prenatal interventions was between 11-43 % among ANC attenders, regardless of the frequency of their visits. PM was 26 per 1000. ANC attendance was associated with PM. Newborns of mothers who had the lowest attendance had a mortality two times higher than newborns of women who had not attended ANC (low visits: adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.2; 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.4-3.8). However, moderate (aOR = 1.4; 95 % CI =0.7-2.2) and high (aOR = 1.3; 95 % CI 0.7-2.2) attendance were not statistically significantly associated with PM. PNC attendance was not significantly associated with lower PM (relative risk 0.4, 95 % CI 0.1-2.6). Emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) was significantly associated with a reduction in mortality (aOR = 0.2; 95 % CI = 0.2-0.8), with an 84.4 % reduction among newborns at risk, and an overall reduction in mortality of 10 % for all births. Perinatal mortality was high among the infants of women in the cohort under study (26 per 1000 live births). Availability of MNCH, specifically EmONC, was associated with lower perinatal mortality, and if this association is causal, might avert 84.4 % of perinatal deaths among newborns at high-risk. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 152 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 36 | 24% |
| Researcher | 19 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 27 | 18% |
| Unknown | 30 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 44 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 40 | 26% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 9% |
| Psychology | 3 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 41 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
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#3,004
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