Combining health services for malaria and maternal and child health to improve health of mothers and children in rural communities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junko Yasuoka
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 2288-2293
Author(s):  
Chahya Kharin Herbawani ◽  
Terry Y.R. Pristya ◽  
Ulya Qoulan Karima ◽  
Maharanti Maharanti ◽  
Elisabeth Kristina Ari Nugrahanti

The covid-19 pandemic has hampered the access of mothers and children to optimal health services. The decreasing number of visits to maternal and child health services has created new nutrition and health problems. However, the Posyandu as one of the health services for mothers and children in several locations were forced to close during the covid-19 pandemic, such as Posyandu RW 07, Cipayung Village. The purpose of this community service is to increase the capacity of the integrated services post (Posyandu) cadres to cadres for maternal and child health responses during the covid-19 pandemic. Service activities are carried out through 3 stages of activity which was starting with discussions with partners about the importance of re-activating the Posyandu for infants and toddlers during the covid-19 pandemic, then increasing the capacity of health cadres for babies and toddlers health services, then handbook creation and evaluation. The method used combines several approaches, such as discussions, socialization, workshop, and evaluation. The result is an increase in the capacity of health cadres and the guidebooks for services and the Posyandu visits during the covid-19 pandemic.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Shivam Gupta ◽  
Priyanka Das ◽  
Siddhartha Kumar ◽  
Arindam Das ◽  
P. R. Sodani

Objective: To map the range of access barrier indicators for which data can be derived from the three most common health related household surveys in India. Methods: A mapping review study was conducted to identify access dimensions and indicators of access barriers for maternal and child health (MCH) services included in three household surveys in India: National Family Health Survey (NFHS), District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS) and Annual Health Survey (AHS). Results: The Tanahashi framework for effective coverage of health services was used in this study, and 12 types of access barriers were identified, from which 23 indicators could be generated. These indicators measure self-reported access barriers for unmet healthcare needs through delayed care, as well as forgone care, and unsatisfactory experiences during health service provision. Multiple barriers could be identified, although there was marked heterogeneity in variables included and how barriers were measured. Conclusions: This study identified tracer indicators that could be used in India to monitor the population that experiences healthcare needs but fails to seek and obtain appropriate healthcare, and determine what the main barriers are. The surveys identified are well validated and allow the disaggregation of these indicators by equity stratifiers. Given the variability of the frequency and methodologies used in these surveys, comparability could be limited.


2021 ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
Oksana Borisovna Karpova ◽  
Anna Anatolyevna Zagoruichenko

The state of maternal and child health plays a key role in promoting and protecting public health. The article analyzes and summarizes the results of the analysis of legislative support for maternal and child health. The analysis of individual indicators that determine the current state of medical organizations ‘activities is presented. The purpose of the study is to determine the current directions for improving the system of maternal and child health in Russia. Materials and methods. The following methods were used: information and analytical, content analysis, comparative analysis, and statistical analysis. Sources of primary information — scientific publications, Rosstat data, regulatory legal materials. Results and discussion. Proposals for the use of the current legislation of the Russian Federation in protecting the health of mothers and children are identified. There is a need to improve the use of the current regulatory and legislative framework to improve individual indicators of the state of health of mothers and children. The analysis showed that positive results were achieved in 2012–2019 in the Russian Federation in terms of improving maternal and child health. Conclusion. The implementation of regulatory legal provisions in this area should be based on a comprehensive coordination of all activities between various departments and structures, regional characteristics of the state of health of mothers and children and such areas as prevention of neglect, medical and social assistance to orphans and children left without parental care, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and providing the children’s population with sanatorium-resort medical organizations should be taken into account.


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