Validation of community health worker identification of maternal puerperal sepsis using a clinical diagnostic algorithm in Bangladesh and Pakistan

Puerperal sepsis (PP sepsis) is a leading cause of maternal mortality globally. The majority of maternal sepsis cases and deaths occur at home and remain undiagnosed and under-reported. In this paper, we present findings from a nested case-control study in Bangladesh and Pakistan which sought to ass...

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Published in:	Journal of global health Vol. 11; p. 04039
Main Authors:	LeFevre, Amnesty E, Mir, Fatima, Mitra, Dipak K, Ariff, Shabina, Mohan, Diwakar, Ahmed, Imran, Sultana, Shazia, Winch, Peter J, Shakoor, Sadia, Connor, Nicholas E, Islam, Mohammad Shahidul, El-Arifeen, Shams, Quaiyum, MA, Baqui, Abdullah H, Gravett, Michael G, Santosham, Mathuram, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Zaidi, Anita, Saha, Samir K, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Soofi, Sajid, Bartlett, Linda A, Ahmed, Saifuddin D, el-Arifeen, Shams, Begum, Nasma, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Connor, Nicolas E, Hirani, Farzeen, Hotwani, Aneeta, Islam, MS, Khan, Imran, LeFevre, Amnesty E., Mahmud, Arif, Mitra, Dipak K., Moin, Syed Mamun, Qureshi, Shahida, Rafiqullah, Iftekhar, Reller, Megan E, Roy, Arun Dhutta, Wasan, Yaqub
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Scotland Edinburgh University Global Health Society 01.01.2021 International Society of Global Health
Subjects:	Abdomen Algorithms Bangladesh Biopsy Case-Control Studies Child Community Health Workers Female Fever Global health Health facilities Hospitals Humans Identification Illnesses Infections Literature reviews Maternal mortality Medical diagnosis Medical personnel Medical referrals Morbidity Pain Pakistan Physicians Postpartum Period Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Reproducibility of Results Sepsis Sepsis - diagnosis Systematic review Uterus Vagina Womens health Bangladesh Pakistan Karachi Pakistan South Asia
ISSN:	2047-2978, 2047-2986, 2047-2986
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