The need for regional planning of perinatal care.
Regionalisation is urgently needed to provide the best possible maternal, fetal and newborn care. In practice this means organising perinatal care of three specified levels and referring the high-risk problems to the regional centre, preferably before labour and delivery. The programme requires careful planning and constant teamwork.
D002662:Child Health Services; D004501:Education, Medical; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D012041:Regional Medical Programs; D012423:Rural Health; D013019:South Africa; D014187:Transportation of Patients