Maternal and Infant Deaths

Part I. The Size of the Problem: 1. The geography of maternal death Wendy Graham, Jacqueline Bell, Ann Fitzmaurice, Sarah Neal, Siti Nurul Qomariyah and Zo. Matthews; 2. Delivering on neonatal survival to accelerate progress for Millennium Development Goal 4 Joy E. Lawn, Kate Kerber and Christabel Enweronu-Laryea; 3. Beyond the numbers: reviewing maternal deaths and disabilities to make pregnancy safer Gwyneth Lewis; 4. Human resource challenges Soo Downe; Part II. Clinical Problems and Solutions - Maternal: 5. Postpartum haemorrhage Andrew Weeks; 6. Reducing deaths from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Robert Pattinson, G. Justus Hofmeyr and Carine Ronsmans; 7. Obstructed labour (including partograms) Stephen Munjanja; 8. Puerperal sepsis in low- and middle-income settings: past, present and future Julia Hussein and Leighton Walker; 9. Unsafe abortion and strategies to reduce its impact on women's lives Caitlin Shannon and Beverly Winikoff; 10. HIV and tuberculosis James McIntyre; 11. A pragmatic approach to safe anaesthesia Kate Grady and Catriona Connolly; Part III. Clinical Problems and Solutions - Neonatal: 12. Innovations for improving newborn survival in developing countries: do integrated strategies for maternal and newborn care matter? Zulfiqar Bhutta, Saad Seth and Noureen Afzal; 13. Community interventions to reduce maternal and child mortality in low-income countries Audrey Prost, Christina Pagel and Anthony Costello; Part IV. Training and Development: 14. Capacity development - a midwifery perspective Frances Day-Stirk; 15. Increasing the capacity for essential obstetric and newborn care Nynke van den Broek and Jan Hofman; 16. The role of the Royal Colleges in training and development Anthony Falconer, Kate Grady, Frances Day-Stirk and Stephen Allen; Part V. Specific Challenges in Specific Countries: 17. Challenges faced in Afghanistan Jacqueline Hill and Eric Sinclair; 18. Challenges faced in Zimbabwe Stephen Munjanja; 19. How Egypt has overcome the challenges Oona Campbell, Lauren Foster Mustard, Nevine Hassanein and Karima Khalil; 20. Learning from the achievements in Sri Lanka Harshalal Seneviratne; Part VI. Consensus Views: 21. Consensus views arising from the 58th Study Group: Maternal and Infant Deaths: Chasing Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5; Index.