Implementing Systemic Capacity-Building Approaches to Improve the Delivery of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in Malawi
Implementing Systemic Capacity-Building Approaches to Improve the Delivery of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in Malawi
Despite a significant decrease in maternal mortality in the last 20 years, Malawi remains in the bottom 10 countries for lifetime risk of maternal death. Improving access to emergency obstetric care through comprehensive obstetric newborn care (CEmONC) or basic obstetric newborn care (BEmONC) is an effective strategy for reducing maternal and infant mortality by identifying complications of pregnancy and childbirth and making referrals to a higher level of care if necessary.
Through systemic capacity-building approaches, the Organized Network of Services for Everyone’s (ONSE) Health Activity was able to make improvements in the provision of antibiotics, uterotonics, and neonatal resuscitation at a significant percentage of BEmONC and CEmONC facilities. This brief outlines ONSE’s approach to the challenge of improving EmONC in Malawi.
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