Maternal-child health : : interdisciplinary aspects within the perspective of global health / / edited by Uwe Groß and Kerstin Wydra.

• TeilnehmendeR: Gross, Uwe,; Wydra, Kerstin,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Universitätsverlag Göttingen,, 2013.; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (546 pages) :; illustrations (some color)

Maternal-Child Health is one of the greatest challenges the world has to cope with today. Every year, thousands of women, newborns and children die unnecessarily, particularly in resource-poor settings. There is a great disparity caused by food insecurity and hunger, environmental health risks, sanitation challenges, cultural barriers and non-accessibility to diagnosis and treatment. "Maternal-Child Health: Interdisciplinary Aspects within the Perspective of Global Health" addresses these issues. The contributions of this book are based on the ONE HEALTH concept by focusing on infectious and non-communicable diseases and to present interdisciplinary views from more than 60 authors who come from 14 countries. The aim is to shape our understanding on Maternal-Child Health Solutions by looking at> agricultural and environmental> economic, social and theological> biomedical and nutritional> clinical human and veterinary as well as> epidemiology and> public health expertise. The Göttingen International Health Network is corresponding to a variety of different geographic regions and programs to improve global health perspective and health of the most vulnerable: mothers and their children.

Table of Contents

I: Environment and health -- Maternal mortality and near miss events: the African perspective -- Nutrition, sanitation and reproductive health in maternal-child health: challenges in low-resource settings -- Water sanitation challenge: prevalence of diarrhoea in children under age 5 in slums and regular localities in Enugu, south-east Nigeria -- Improving maternal and child health: the role of food safety in the developing world -- Household food insecurity and hunger: implications for maternal and child health in Nigeria -- Children's environmental health risks in Kenya -- Metallic iron for clean agriculture -- II: Socioeconomic Factors -- Maternal healthcare in rural areas of Tanzania: how do beneficiaries perceive the quality of services? -- A review of selected maternal and child health indicators in Ghana -- Health financing and its impact on maternal and child health in Rwanda -- Maternal and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Aspects of the religious context to maternal-child health (between global and local) -- Cultural practices, beliefs, traditions and norms in Atwima Nwabiyagya District: a blessing or a curse for maternal health? -- III: Infectious disease -- Pregnancy-related infections -- Malaria in children and adults: an overview -- Malaria in pregnancy: the parasite infection mechanism -- Malaria and blood transfusion -- The role of Leptospirosis: zootonic disease in maternal-child health in Indonesia -- Vertical transmission of Hepatitis B virus; the role of the placental barrier, modes of delivery, viral load & immunoprophylaxis of neonates -- Human cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy and in newborns -- Global aspects of human papillomavirus infection in feto-maternal health -- Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women -- The burden of streptococcal diseases in maternal-child health in west Africa -- Candidiasis in pregnant women -- Salmonella typhi in infection -- Epidemiology and characterization of rotavirus strains causing diarrhoea in Indonesia -- Tuberculosis in children -- Diagnosis of children lung tuberculosis based on rapid molecular methods (MAS-PCR and Xpert MTB/RIF system) -- The role of the tuberculosis laboratory in supporting the clinical examination of various specimens of tuberculosis patients in north Sumatra, Indonesia -- Buruli ulcer: a disease which leads to severe disabilities and mostly affects children living in wet agro-ecosystems of west and central Africa -- Arboviral infection during pregnancy and childhood: implications for the mother and child -- Social-related and general aspects of Ebola virus in African communities -- Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in women and children -- IV: Non-communicable diseases -- Significance of iron deficiency for pregnancy and childbirth in low-resource countries -- The impact of contraception on maternal mortality in Indonesia -- Basic sonography in maternal care in resource-poor settings -- Neonatal health: the key to achieving millennium development goal 4? -- Ovarian cancer in pregnancy: what should we do? -- Breast cancer in countries with limited resources.