Oral administration of misoprostol reduces postpartum Haemorrhage in urban slums of Bangladesh

Oral administration of misoprostol reduces postpartum Haemorrhage in urban slums of Bangladesh

To avert deaths from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), Manoshi initiated community health workers (CHW) administered oral misoprostol (400~g) to women following childbirth either at delivery centers or home in slums of Dhaka and under Gazipur City Corporation in 2009. To study whether the supervised...

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Main Authors: Banu, Morsheda, Nahar, Shamsun, Hashima-E-Nasreen
Format: Research report
Language:English
Published: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Subjects:
Oral administration
Haemorrhage
Bangladesh
Urban slums
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)
Community health workers
BRAC
Postnatal care
Childbirth
Delivery (Obstetrics)
Uterine hemorrhage
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13198

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