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Basic essential obstetric care: The ability of a health institution to perform manual removal of retained placental pieces; assisted vaginal delivery (i.e., Several definitions have been adapted from WHO definitions.
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It is recommended that there should be four basic obstetric care facilities per 500,000 people. Basic essential obstetrical care facility: Such a facility should manage major obstetric complications (e.g., eclampsia, severe anemia, and diabetes mellitus)
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It is recommended that there should be one comprehensive obstetric care facility per 500,000 people. Comprehensive essential obstetrical care facility: The facility should, in addition to providing basic obstetric care services, provide for surgical obstetrics including anesthesia (e.g.
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Essential newborn care: Basic preventive care for all newborns, especially warmth, cleanliness, breastieeding, cord and eye care, and immunizations. Essential obstetric and neonatal care: A set of minimal health care elements which should be made available to all pregnant women and that includes both preventive and curative health measures.
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Formerly interuterine growth retardation, this term is used synonymously with small for gestational age (SGA) , (although not all SGA infants are affected by IUGR; some are simply at the lower tail of the "normal" fetal growth distribution)
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: The maternal mortality rate is the number of maternal deaths per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Maternal mortality ratio: The maternal mortality ratio is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
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Early neonatal deaths occur during the first 7 days of life, and late neonatal deaths occur after the seventh day but before 28 completed days of life. Neonatal mortality rate (NMR)
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Many industrialized and some transitional countries use 22 weeks gestation as cutoff. Postpartum care: Care from the delivery until the sixth completed week after delivery, including care both at home and in the formal health care system.
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: Experiments in which investigators randomly allocate eligible people or health care units into groups to receive, or not to receive, the interventions being compared. When sample size is adequate, randomization ensures baseline comparability of known and unknown prognostic variables.
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They have minimal formal education, minimal or no medical training, minimal or no medical oversight, and generally a low caseload. Unsafe abortion: Unsafe abortion is termination of an unwanted pregnancy by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards, or both.
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