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Emergency obstetric care in a rural district of Burundi: What are the surgical needs?

de Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AMV, Trelles M, Caluwaerts C,  et al.
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
2017-02-07 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES
In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), we assessed the a) characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication...
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality in rural Africa: an experience from Burundi

Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Nyandwi G,  et al.
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-02-18 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the reduction in maternal mortality associated with the emergency obstetric care provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and to compare this to the fifth Mille...
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Characteristics and mortality of neonates in an emergency obstetric and neonatal care facility, rural Burundi

Zuniga I, Van der Bergh R, Ndelema B, Bulckaert D, Manzi M,  et al.
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
2013-12-21 • Public Health Action
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A Médecins Sans Frontières emergency obstetric and neonatal care facility specialising as a referral centre for three districts for women with complications during pregnancy ...
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Caesarean sections in rural Burundi: how well are mothers doing two years on?

van den Boogaard W, Manzi M, de Plecker E, Caluwaerts C, Caluwaerts S,  et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
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A caesarean section (C-section) is a life-saving emergency intervention. Avoiding pregnancies for at least 24 months after a C-section is important to prevent uterine rupture...
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Where technology does not go: specialised neonatal care in resource-poor and conflict-affected contexts

Dornemann J, van den Boogaard W, Van der Bergh R, Takarinda KC, Martinez P,  et al.
2017-06-21 • Public Health Action
2017-06-21 • Public Health Action
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Although neonatal mortality is gradually decreasing worldwide, 98% of neonatal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where hospital care for sick and premature ne...
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How do low birth weight neonates fare two years after discharge from a low-technology neonatal care unit in a rural district hospital in Burundi?

van den Boogaard W, Zuniga I, Manzi M, Van der Bergh R, Lefevre A,  et al.
2017-01-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2017-01-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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As neonatal care is being scaled up in economically poor settings, there is a need to know more on post-hospital discharge and longer-term outcomes. Of particular interest...
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Low-Tech, High Impact: Care for Premature Neonates in a District Hospital in Burundi. A Way Forward to Decrease Neonatal Mortality

Ndelema B, Van der Bergh R, Manzi M, van den Boogaard W, Kosgei RJ,  et al.
2016-01-16 • BMC Research Notes
2016-01-16 • BMC Research Notes
Death among premature neonates contributes significantly to neonatal mortality which in turn represents approximately 40 % of paediatric mortality. Care for premature neonates is usually...