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Appendix 4.9: Included items identified as high quality, with positive outcome(s) <strong>for</strong> maternal and/or<br />

infant mortality<br />

Author<br />

(year)<br />

(IV)/(EV)<br />

Infant<br />

Darmstadt<br />

(2008)<br />

(++)/(++)<br />

Maternal<br />

Dumont<br />

(2006)<br />

(++)/(++)<br />

Poor urban<br />

identification<br />

Relative<br />

income: mean<br />

±SD, 1,000<br />

taka<br />

Maternal<br />

education<br />

Paternal<br />

education<br />

Resource-poor<br />

setting<br />

Brief intervention<br />

description<br />

Preterm infants<br />

(gestational age: ≤33<br />

weeks) received daily<br />

topical applications of<br />

sunflower seed oil (SSO)<br />

or Aquaphor ointment.<br />

Midwives were<br />

responsible <strong>for</strong> identifying<br />

maternal deaths in the<br />

facility and they reported<br />

each case via a specific<br />

maternal deaths register.<br />

A senior gynaecologist–<br />

Target<br />

population<br />

Intervention<br />

type<br />

Preterm infants Clinical<br />

Pregnant women<br />

admitted to<br />

hospital <strong>for</strong><br />

childbirth<br />

Other<br />

clinical<br />

management<br />

skin therapy<br />

Non-clinical<br />

Service<br />

organisation<br />

Maternal<br />

deaths<br />

review (MDR)<br />

Setting Targeted<br />

outcome(s)<br />

Special<br />

care<br />

nursery<br />

District<br />

hospital<br />

Neonatal<br />

mortality<br />

Maternal<br />

mortality<br />

Effect(s)<br />

Appendix 4.9<br />

Both SSO and<br />

Aquaphor<br />

significantly<br />

reduced mortality<br />

rates among<br />

preterm<br />

hospitalised<br />

infants with<br />

gestational ages of<br />

33 weeks in<br />

Bangladesh, by<br />

25% to 30%.<br />

Significant<br />

decrease in<br />

maternal<br />

mortality within a<br />

3-year<br />

intervention<br />

period, in<br />

What are the effects of different models of delivery <strong>for</strong> improving maternal and infant health outcomes <strong>for</strong> poor people in urban areas in low income<br />

and lower middle income countries?<br />

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