Webber Gail C, Chirangi Bwire
a Department of Family Medicine , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada.
Health Care Women Int. 2014;35(7-9):758-70. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2014.915843. Epub 2014 Jul 1.
In rural Africa, deaths from childbirth are common and access to health care facilities with skilled providers is very limited. Leading causes of death for women are bleeding and infection. In this pilot study, we establish the feasibility of distributing oral medications to women in rural Tanzania to self-administer after delivery to reduce bleeding and infection. Of the 642 women provided with medications, 90% of the women took them appropriately, while the remaining 10% did not require them. We conclude that is it feasible to distribute oral medications to rural women to self-administer after delivery.
在非洲农村地区，分娩死亡很常见，获得有专业医护人员的医疗保健设施的机会非常有限。妇女死亡的主要原因是出血和感染。在这项试点研究中，我们确定了在坦桑尼亚农村地区向妇女分发口服药物以便她们在分娩后自行服用以减少出血和感染的可行性。在642名获得药物的妇女中，90%的妇女正确服用了药物，而其余10%的妇女不需要服药。我们得出结论，向农村妇女分发口服药物以便她们在分娩后自行服用是可行的。
