tailieunhanh - Women on the Front Lines of Health Care: State of the World's Mothers 2010

The health care worker should keep in mind that judgments about the patient’s lifestyle, beliefs, and behaviors might be conveyed through nonverbal body language. This form of communication can also negatively affect the health care worker’s relationship with the patient. The health care worker should be objective and nonjudgmental. TB treatment is a long process. In order to motivate the patient to continue treatment, health care workers can provide praise and encouragement at every visit. They can say, for example, “I’m glad to see you. You are doing the right thing by coming. | Save the Children ìjaữ Vfs f w 1 i fc T y V 1 Save the Children 2 Foreword by Bridget Lynch 3 CONTENTS 5 Executive Summary Key Findings and Recommendations 9 18 Saving Mothers and Children in Bangladesh 20 A Midwife in Every Village in Indonesia 22 Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Health Care in Pakistan 24 26 Decentralizing Health Care in Tanzania 28 Fighting Maternal Mortality in Honduras 31 37 Methodology and Research Notes 41 Endnotes Save the Children Women Helping Women A Powerful Force for Health and Survival Ethiopia Puts Female Health Workers in Rural Areas Where They Are Needed Most Take Action Now to Train More Health Workers and Save Mothers and Babies Lives 32 Appendix 11th Annual Mothers Index and Country Rankings Save the Children Every One Front cover We are fighting to give millions more children a chance at life. Our goal is to see the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 so that 5 million fewer children die every year. Every child has the right to survive. EVERY ONE. Front cover In Malawi a community health worker named Madalitso visits the home of a mother and her 5-day-old baby Shanil. Madalitso takes the baby s temperature checks on the health of the mother and gives advice about breastfeeding and care for her newborn. Photo by Michael Bisceglie Introduction by Jasmine Whitbread and Charles F. MacCormack Save the Children May 2010. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-888393-22-X Bangladesh Women on the Front Lines of Health Care In commemoration of Mother s Day Save the Children is publishing its eleventh annual State of the World s Mothers report. The focus is on the critical shortage of health workers in the developing world and the urgent need for more female health workers to save the lives of mothers newborn babies and young children. Every year 50 million women in the developing world give birth with no professional help and million children and newborns die from easily preventable or treatable causes. This report identifies .