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Acronyms
Pages 334-336

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... Acronyms 3TC ACTG AFP AIDS ANC APED ARI ART ANT BCG BEOC BMI CARE CDC CEOC CFR CI CM CMV CNS CPD CRS DALY DHS lamivudine AIDS Clinical Trials Group Alpha-feto protein Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Antenatal care Antepartum fetal death Acute respiratory infection Antiretroviral therapy zidovudine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine (to prevent tuberculosis) Basic essential obstetric care Body mass index Cooperative for Relief and Assistance Everywhere Centers for Disease Control Comprehensive essential obstetric care Case fatality rate Confidence interval Congenital malformations Cytomegalovirus Central nervous system Cephalic-pelvic disproportion Congenital rubella syndrome Disability adjusted life years Demographic health surveys 334
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... MCH Maternal and child health MMR Maternal mortality rate NGO Nongovernmental organization NIH National Institutes of Health of the United States NMR Neonatal mortality rate NTD Neural tube defects NVP Nevirapine PHC Primary health care PIH Pregnancy-induced hypertension PMR Perinatal mortality rate PPH Postpartum hemorrhage PTB Preterm birth RCT Randomized, controlled trials RTI Reproductive tract infections SGA Small for gestational age
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From page 336...
... 33 6 IMPRO VING BIRTH O UTCOMES STD Sexually transmitted disease STI Sexually transmitted infection TB Tuberculosis TEA Traditional birth attendant UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development VHW Village health worker VLB Very low-birth-weight (less than 1,500 grams) WHO World Health Organization
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Key Terms

  • maternal mortality
  • tract infections
  • low birth
  • intrapartum fetal
  • fetal deaths

  • perinatal mortality
  • birth weight
  • fetal death
  • reproductive tract
  • neonatal mortality

  • primary health
  • united states
  • health care
  • child health
  • preterm birth

  • controlled trials
  • tube defects
  • gestational age
  • nongovernmental organization
  • international units

  • postpartum hemorrhage
  • neural tube
  • intrauterine growth
  • national academies
  • national institutes


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