Maternal-child health : interdisciplinary aspects within the perspective of global health /
Maternal-Child Health is one of the greatest challenges the world has to cope with today. Every year, thousands of women, newborns and children die unnecessarily, particularly in resource-poor settings. There is a great disparity caused by food insecurity and hunger, environmental health risks, sani...
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Göttingen :
Universitätsverlag Göttingen,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- I: Environment and health
- Maternal mortality and near miss events: the African perspective
- Nutrition, sanitation and reproductive health in maternal-child health: challenges in low-resource settings
- Water sanitation challenge: prevalence of diarrhoea in children under age 5 in slums and regular localities in Enugu, south-east Nigeria
- Improving maternal and child health: the role of food safety in the developing world
- Household food insecurity and hunger: implications for maternal and child health in Nigeria
- Children's environmental health risks in Kenya
- Metallic iron for clean agriculture
- II: Socioeconomic Factors
- Maternal healthcare in rural areas of Tanzania: how do beneficiaries perceive the quality of services?
- A review of selected maternal and child health indicators in Ghana
- Health financing and its impact on maternal and child health in Rwanda
- Maternal and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Aspects of the religious context to maternal-child health (between global and local)
- Cultural practices, beliefs, traditions and norms in Atwima Nwabiyagya District: a blessing or a curse for maternal health?
- III: Infectious disease
- Pregnancy-related infections
- Malaria in children and adults: an overview
- Malaria in pregnancy: the parasite infection mechanism
- Malaria and blood transfusion
- The role of Leptospirosis: zootonic disease in maternal-child health in Indonesia
- Vertical transmission of Hepatitis B virus; the role of the placental barrier, modes of delivery, viral load & immunoprophylaxis of neonates
- Human cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy and in newborns
- Global aspects of human papillomavirus infection in feto-maternal health
- Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women
- The burden of streptococcal diseases in maternal-child health in west Africa
- Candidiasis in pregnant women
- Salmonella typhi in infection
- Epidemiology and characterization of rotavirus strains causing diarrhoea in Indonesia
- Tuberculosis in children
- Diagnosis of children lung tuberculosis based on rapid molecular methods (MAS-PCR and Xpert MTB/RIF system)
- The role of the tuberculosis laboratory in supporting the clinical examination of various specimens of tuberculosis patients in north Sumatra, Indonesia
- Buruli ulcer: a disease which leads to severe disabilities and mostly affects children living in wet agro-ecosystems of west and central Africa
- Arboviral infection during pregnancy and childhood: implications for the mother and child
- Social-related and general aspects of Ebola virus in African communities
- Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in women and children
- IV: Non-communicable diseases
- Significance of iron deficiency for pregnancy and childbirth in low-resource countries
- The impact of contraception on maternal mortality in Indonesia
- Basic sonography in maternal care in resource-poor settings
- Neonatal health: the key to achieving millennium development goal 4?
- Ovarian cancer in pregnancy: what should we do?
- Breast cancer in countries with limited resources.