Authors: Rahat N. Qureshi, Sana Sheikh, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Sumedha Sharma, Marianne Vidler, Beth A. Payne, Imran Ahmed, J. Mark Answermino, Jeffrey Bone, Dustin T. Dunsmuir, Tang Lee, Jing Li, Hannah L. Nathan, Andrew H. Shennan, Joel Singer, Domena K. Tu, Hubert Wong, Laura A. Magee, Peter von Dadelszen, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Karnataka, India experiences exceptionally high rates of maternal, fetal, and infant deaths. Hypertension during pregnancy increases risk for both eclampsia and maternal death. Rahat Qureshi and colleagues assessed the effectiveness of a CHW-led community-based intervention designed to reduce pregnancy hypertension. Compared to a control group, the community-level intervention reduce stillbirth occurrences, but the researchers observed no improvements on maternal death, morbidity, early or late neonatal deaths, or neonatal morbidity.
Link: Community level interventions for pre-eclampsia (CLIP) in Pakistan: A cluster randomised controlled trial
Resource Topic: Chronic conditions, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2020
Region: Asia
Country: Pakistan
Publisher May Restrict Access: No