Emergency obstetric care in a rural district of Burundi: What are the surgical needs?

A retrospective analysis of Emergency Obstetric care (EmOC) data (2011 and 2012)

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 7 February 2017

Country:: Burundi
Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Health
Authors:: De Plecker, E, Zachariah, R, Kumar, A.M.V., Trelles, M and Caluwaerts, S

Abstract

Objectives

In a rural district hospital in Burundi offering Emergency Obstetric care-(EmOC), the authors assessed the:

characteristics of women at risk of, or with an obstetric complication and their types
number and type of obstetric surgical procedures and anaesthesia performed
human resource cadres who performed surgery and anaesthesia and
hospital exit outcomes

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

Citation

De Plecker E, Zachariah R, Kumar AM V, Trelles M, Caluwaerts S, Van Den Boogaard W, Manirampa J, Tayler-Smith K, Manzi M, Nanan-N ’zeth K, Duchenne B, Ndelema B, Etienne W, Alders P, Veerman R, Van Den Bergh R. Emergency obstetric care in a rural district of Burundi: What are the surgical needs? PloS one. 2017; 12(2):e0170882.