Maternity Care Deserts in Rural New Hampshire

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Publication Date
Academic Year
2021 - 2022

The closure of labor and delivery units across New Hampshire poses numerous problems for the state's mothers and newborns, leaving large numbers of rural residents without easy access to maternity care services. These closures are the product of a variety of factors including a shrinking patient base, financial issues, and…

Maternity Underutilization in Kosovo

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Publication Date
Academic Year
2019 - 2020

Maternities in Kosovo are not being effectively utilized for deliveries or many other aspects of maternal care. Because finite resources are being invested in these facilities without proportional service delivery, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has identified this issue as a priority. In partnership with Action for Mothers and Children…

Increasing Access to Maternal and Pediatric Specialty Care via Telehealth in Peru

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Publication Date
Academic Year
2018 - 2019

This report presents the findings of a three-month investigation conducted by a global health research team from Dartmouth, a university in the United States. The team was asked by Hospital Nacional Docente Madre-Niño San Bartolomé to investigate how the hospital could increase access to its pediatric and maternal specialty care…

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