The feasibility of task-sharing the identification, emergency treatment, and referral for women with pre-eclampsia by community health workers in India

• Main Authors: Umesh Charanthimath (Author), Marianne Vidler (Author), Geetanjali Katageri (Author), Umesh Ramadurg (Author), Chandrashekhar Karadiguddi (Author), Avinash Kavi (Author), Anjali Joshi (Author), Geetanjali Mungarwadi (Author), Sheshidhar Bannale (Author), Sangamesh Rakaraddi (Author), Diane Sawchuck (Author), Rahat Qureshi (Author), Sumedha Sharma (Author), Beth A. Payne (Author), Peter von Dadelszen (Author), Richard Derman (Author), Laura A. Magee (Author), Shivaprasad Goudar (Author), Ashalata Mallapur (Author), Mrutyunjaya Bellad (Author), and the Community Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) (Author), Zulfiqar Bhutta (Author), Sheela Naik (Author), Anis Mulla (Author), Namdev Kamle (Author), Vaibhav Dhamanekar (Author), Sharla K. Drebit (Author), Chirag Kariya (Author), Tang Lee (Author), Jing Li (Author), Mansun Lui (Author), Asif R. Khowaja (Author), Domena K. Tu (Author), Amit Revankar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertensive disorders are the second highest direct obstetric cause of maternal death after haemorrhage, accounting for 14% of maternal deaths globally. Pregnancy hypertension contributes to maternal deaths, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, due to a scarcity of...