Impact of training on emergency resuscitation skills: Impact on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5.
Although significant progress has been made towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 and 5 targets, maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain unacceptably high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The potential for improvements in maternal and neonatal health outcomes with increased facility utilization in these countries is undermined by a lack of appropriate and timely treatment. Skilful emergency resuscitation can be the difference between life and death; therefore, training in emergency resuscitation is essential for health-care practitioners at all levels, with regular refresher sessions to ensure skill retention. Whilst there is little robust evidence on the impact of resuscitation training interventions on practitioner skills or patient outcomes, such training interventions are likely to have the greatest impact if integrated into a broader approach to improve the quality of care. Accelerated investments in training must go hand in hand with ensuring the availability of quality equipment and upgrading infrastructure to reduce the gap between current MDG status and what is achieved by the end of 2015; and to accelerate reductions in mortality rates beyond 2015 towards new Countdown targets.
UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Gülmezoglu
UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: tess@e-bmc.co.uk.
Theresa A
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Lawrie
D003906:Developing Countries; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007318:Inservice Training; D008348:Manikins; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D000066908:Simulation Training; D014944:World Health Organization
MDG 4; MDG 5; maternal resuscitation; neonatal resuscitation; newborn resuscitation; resuscitation skills training