Skills you'll gain

There are 6 modules in this course

This course provides a broad overview of maternal and newborn health issues facing low-income and transitional countries, where more than 2.6 million babies are stillborn and nearly 500,000 women die during childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications each year. In the developing world, many women deliver at home without a skilled care provider, drugs, or technological supports. Maternal and newborn survival can be improved by mobilizing communities and improving access to skilled care. Through lectures, case studies and readings, course participants will learn about delivery challenges for maternal and newborn health services and how to utilize community-based strategies to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies.

Introduction to Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in the U.S. Context

The Impact of the Health Care Workforce Shortage

Emergency Obstetric Care & Health Facility Services

Improving Maternal Care through Community-Based Interventions

Case Study in Ethiopia: Educating the Community and Training Front-Line Community Health Workers

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