Impact of travel time on maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality, a crucial element of safe emergency referral
Exploring the impact of travel time on maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity
This is a joint webinar with the Transport and Referral Community of Practice.
There has been increased interest in the area of emergency referral in recent years. A signal function on interfacility referral will be included as part of the outcome of the updating of EmONC (Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care) approach. Work on referral has led to proposals to include indicators on stabilisation, transport readiness, co-ordination of care, care during transport, keeping mother and baby together, financial access to referral and interfacility relational dynamics. However, it is also important to acknowledge that with emergency interfacility referral it is always time-sensitive. There has been a proposal that an indicator of 30 minutes travel time between facilities should also be a key indicator in the EmONC revisioning, and possibly also be included in maternal and newborn health norm projects being undertaken by the WHO.
As part of newborn health norms process, a systematic review was undertaken to look at the impact of travel time on maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. In this webinar, Sanam Roder-Dewan will present the findings of the systematic review. There will then be discussion about the implications of these findings.
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Dr Sanam Roder-Dewan, Service Delivery Redesign Lead, World Bank
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