Measuring the effectiveness of maternal delivery services: A cross-sectional and qualitative study of perinatal mortality in six primary referral hospitals, Kenya

Name	World Continuing Education Alliance
Activity Title	Measuring the effectiveness of maternal delivery services: A cross-sectional and qualitative study of perinatal mortality in six primary referral hospitals, Kenya
Details	The hospital sector represents approximately 45–69% of government health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa and the effective performance of the sub-sector is therefore critical to overall health system goal achievement. In Kenya, overall health status is measured by indicators including life expectancy, and under-five and maternal mortality. Maternal delivery service (MDS) indicators and outcomes, such as skilled delivery levels, coverage of caesarean sections and neonatal mortality, are sensitive indicators of the effectiveness of the whole health system. Roughly one third of 363 interventions in the Kenya Essential Package for Health focus on reproductive health. Efforts to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in low-resource settings often depend on global standards and indicators to assess obstetric care. However these standards often do not take into account the local context especially in terms of skill and resource availabilityn
Competence	Public Health
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Event Time	02:45 PM
Location	World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System
Cost (UGX)	0
CPD Points	1