Mali - Traditional Knowledge and the Reduction of Maternal and Infant Mortality

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;    MATERNAL MORTALITY PREVENTION;    INFANT MORTALITY;    DONOR ASSISTANCE;    CHILDBIRTH;   

RP-ID  :  27822

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Maternal and infant mortality remainsvery high in Mali, despite the technical, organizational andfinancial efforts made by the Ministry of Health and donorsduring the last ten years. The data available from the threeEDS are eloquent in this respect: infant mortality, whichwas 108(EDS I, 1982-1987), reached 123(EDS II, 1996) tofreeze at 113(EDS III, 2001); maternal mortality rose from577 deaths out of 100.000 births (EDS II, 1996) to 582 (EDSIII, 2001). The retraining of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs ) From the 1980s, many attempts at "retraining" TBAs and the matrons were supported by WHO, UNICEF,UNFPA and other bilateral and multilateral cooperationagencies, as a temporary measure, pending the training ofmore health professionals who could take charge ofchildbirth assistance functions.