Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings: A Practical Guide

Published by Harvard University Press 2016

Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings

A Practical Guide

Edited by: Nawal M. Nour
With contributions by: Andre B. Lalonde , Suellen Miller , Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta , Jai K. Das , L. Lewis Wall , Khady Diouf , Christin Price , Sigal Yawetz , Blair Wylie , Johanna Daily , Maria I. Rodriguez , Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan , Rose Leonard Molina , Jennifer Scott , Julianna Schantz-Dunn , Bhavani Shankar Kodali , Dinesh Kumar Jagannathan and Sadath Ali Sayeed

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674974180

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About this book

Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings provides practical guidelines for ensuring quality care to women in locations where facilities are inadequate, equipment and medications are in short supply, and medical staff are few. This reference will be an essential companion to health care providers throughout the world.

Reviews

Under Nawal Nour’s guidance and gentle tutelage, this book lays out current knowledge about the ranking threats—from obstetric fistula and genital cutting to obstructed labor and stillbirths, cervical cancer, HIV, and malaria in pregnancy—to the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of women. Nor are gender-based violence and access to contraception scanted, as so often in medical texts. Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings: A Practical Guide will prove indispensable to students, trainees, and clinicians seeking to span such divides in order to improve and save lives. It’s a go-to reference for all those who care about the role of gender equity in the broader struggle for global health equity. And that should mean all of us.
-- Paul E. Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and cofounder of Partners In Health

Dr. Nour has gathered the foremost experts in obstetrics and gynecology to address the most devastating health issues faced by women in low-resource settings. Practical and easy to read, this book is essential for health providers working in low-resource regions of the world, and indispensable for individuals committed to improving the health and well-being of women everywhere. Not only meant to improve women’s lives, this publication will no doubt save women’s lives.
-- Christy Turlington Burns, global maternal health advocate and founder of Every Mother Counts

Obstetrics and Gynecology in Low-Resource Settings: A Practical Guide is the first book of its kind to describe a broad range of applications to women’s health worldwide. As a resource for not only physicians, but also non-physician women’s health providers, this volume will have a broad appeal. Of importance is the inclusion of information regarding the need to learn cultural sensitivity and an appreciation of the need to highlight social determinants of maternal mortality and morbidity, including gender-based violence.
-- Douglas W. Laube, past president, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Nawal M. Nour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Preparing for Global Women’s Health Work Nawal M. Nour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Part One: Obstetric Challenges
2. Maternal Mortality in Low- Resource Countries Andre B. Lalonde and Suellen Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Strategies to Reduce Stillbirths in Low- Resource Settings Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Jai K. Das Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. Obstetric Fistula L. Lewis Wall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Part Two: Infectious Diseases and Pregnancy
5. Sexually Transmitted Infections Khady Diouf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
6. HIV and Pregnancy Christin Price and Sigal Yawetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
7. Malaria and Pregnancy Blair Wylie and Johanna Daily Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Part Three: Gynecologic Challenges
8. Contraception Maria I. Rodriguez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
9. Cervical Cancer Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
10 Gender- Based Violence in Resource- Limited Settings Rose Leonard Molina and Jennifer Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
11. Female Genital Cutting Nawal M. Nour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
12. Ob-Gyn Surgery and Blood Supply in Resource- Poor Areas Julianna Schantz-Dunn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Part Four: Teamwork Challenges
13. Obstetric Anesthesia In Low- Resource Settings Dinesh Kumar Jagannathan and Bhavani Shankar Kodali Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
14. Neonatal Care And Resuscitation Sadath Ali Sayeed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Other: 29 color illustrations, 2 halftones, 7 line illustrations, 37 tables

eBook

Published: March 6, 2017
ISBN: 9780674974180