Increasing Supervised Births For Women In Papua New Guinea Through The Baby Bundle Initiative

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Simeon AdiunegiyaFollow

Document Type

Poster

Language

English

Date

Summer 8-13-2021

Keywords

supervised birth, baby bundle, Papua New Guinea

Description/Abstract

Papua New Guinea’s high maternal death rate is closely related to high rate of unsupervised village deliveries, and is of grave public health concern. But to turn this around, women must be encourage to come to a health facility to deliver their babies. The baby bundle initiative is making significant progress in increasing supervised births for women in PNG’s Milne Bay Province.

Disciplines

Maternal and Child Health | Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health

Funder(s)

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State

Funding ID

S-ECAGD-21-CA-3004

Recommended Citation

Adiunegiya, Simeon, "Increasing Supervised Births For Women In Papua New Guinea Through The Baby Bundle Initiative" (2021). International Programs. 132.
https://surface.syr.edu/eli/132

Creative Commons License

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Additional Information

This work has been created with support from the Institute of International Education (IIE)/Fulbright - English for Graduate Students Program.

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