Goals in maternal and perinatal care in Latin America and the Caribbean

BELIZAN JM, CAFFERATA ML, BELIZAN M, TOMASSO G, CHALMERS B.

Birth

Año: 2005 vol. 32 p. 210 - 218

ABSTRACT: Ten goals have been developed to guide perinatal caregivers by the Latin American Centre for Perinatology (CLAP), a PAHO/WHO unit dedicated to improving perinatal care in Latin America and The Caribbean. The goals were inspired by the current troubled perinatal care situation, the need to make significant changes, principles of evidencebased medicine, and reviews of many sources from other regions or countries. (BIRTH 32:3 September 2005)Ten goals have been developed to guide perinatal caregivers by the Latin American Centre for Perinatology (CLAP), a PAHO/WHO unit dedicated to improving perinatal care in Latin America and The Caribbean. The goals were inspired by the current troubled perinatal care situation, the need to make significant changes, principles of evidencebased medicine, and reviews of many sources from other regions or countries. (BIRTH 32:3 September 2005)