Community-Based Availability of Misoprostol: Is It Safe? (2009)
Prata, Ndola, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Grossman, Amy A., Holston, Martine, Hsieh, Kristina
This paper evaluates the safety and acceptability of long-term community-based use of misoprostol for management of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in home-births, by comparing deliveries with and...
Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania (2009)
Kruk, Margaret E, Mbaruku, Godfrey, McCord, Colin W, Moran, Molly, Rockers, Peter R, Galea, Sandro
Peer Reviewed
Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania (2009)
Kruk, Margaret E, Mbaruku, Godfrey, McCord, Colin W, Moran, Molly, Rockers, Peter C, Galea, Sandro
In an effort to reduce maternal mortality, developing countries have been investing in village-level primary care facilities to bring skilled delivery services closer to women. We explored the extent...
Dissatisfaction with traditional birth attendants in rural Tanzania (2009)
Galea, Sandro, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Rockers, Peter C, Kruk, Margaret E, Msambichaka, Beverly
Peer Reviewed
Rowley, Elizabeth A, Spiegel, Paul B, Tunze, Zawadi, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Schilperoord, Marian, Njogu, Patterson
Abstract Background An HIV behavioral surveillance survey was undertaken in November 2005 at Lugufu refugee camp and surrounding host villages, located near western Tanzania's border with the...
Kruk, Margaret E, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Rockers, Peter C, Galea, Sandro
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Reducing maternal mortality in Kigoma, Tanzania (1995)
MBARUKU, GODFREY, BERGSTRÖM, STAFFAN
An intervention programme aiming at a reduction of maternal deaths in the Regional Hospital, Kigoma, Tanzania, is analyzed. A retrospective study was carried out from 1984–86 to constitute a...