Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Maternal Newborn Health Registry
NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Summary
The primary purpose of this population-based study is to quantify and understand the trends in pregnancy outcomes in defined low-resource geographic areas over time, in order to provide population-based data on stillbirths, neonatal and maternal mortality.
Description
The purpose of the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research is to develop and test feasible, sustainable interventions to improve the outcome of women and children and to develop research capacity in resource-poor settings. Because most of the sites have weak health care systems, unacceptably high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality and lack birth and death registries, they lack precise data on outcomes and measures of care. Information from a vital registry system will allow the Global Network to document maternal and neonatal mortality, design trials to address the majo…