Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité
Maternal mortality is very high in Haiti. It constitutes a major public health problem. In 2016, 62.6% of pregnant women in Haiti gave birth at home. They are generally assisted by traditional birth attendants called “matrons”. Yet it seems that there is a modest collaboration for some, if not none...
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| description | Maternal mortality is very high in Haiti. It constitutes a major public health problem. In 2016, 62.6% of pregnant women in Haiti gave birth at home. They are generally assisted by traditional birth attendants called “matrons”. Yet it seems that there is a modest collaboration for some, if not none for others, between the public health system and the matrons. The general objective of this review is to enlighten the health actors working in Haiti around a possible collaboration between the health care system and the matrons with a view to being able to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality. We carried out a documentary analysis to select the documents and scientific articles related to our specific objectives. The results show that the Haitian health authorities and its technical and financial partners carried out several interventions in collaboration with the matrons in order to act on health indicators related to maternal and infant mortality. Therefore, the collaboration of matrons with the Haitian health care system, in the dynamics of improving maternal and child health, seems relevant. However, the feasibility of this collaboration appears mixed if we look at the various organizational, social and cultural issues it faces. Courses of action have been formulated in this regard with regard to the health authorities in Haiti. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-875df73c5c274f5f8ccc03e21261bf0f2024-02-13T13:14:07ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X5010.4000/etudescaribeennes.22522Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilitéWisenie Charleus GeorgesMaternal mortality is very high in Haiti. It constitutes a major public health problem. In 2016, 62.6% of pregnant women in Haiti gave birth at home. They are generally assisted by traditional birth attendants called “matrons”. Yet it seems that there is a modest collaboration for some, if not none for others, between the public health system and the matrons. The general objective of this review is to enlighten the health actors working in Haiti around a possible collaboration between the health care system and the matrons with a view to being able to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality. We carried out a documentary analysis to select the documents and scientific articles related to our specific objectives. The results show that the Haitian health authorities and its technical and financial partners carried out several interventions in collaboration with the matrons in order to act on health indicators related to maternal and infant mortality. Therefore, the collaboration of matrons with the Haitian health care system, in the dynamics of improving maternal and child health, seems relevant. However, the feasibility of this collaboration appears mixed if we look at the various organizational, social and cultural issues it faces. Courses of action have been formulated in this regard with regard to the health authorities in Haiti.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22522Haititraditional birth attendantmatronmaternal mortalitytraditional medicinecollaboration and integration |
| spellingShingle | Wisenie Charleus Georges Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité Études Caribéennes Haiti traditional birth attendant matron maternal mortality traditional medicine collaboration and integration |
| title | Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité |
| title_full | Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité |
| title_fullStr | Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité |
| title_short | Collaboration entre le système de soins et les matrones pour la réduction de la mortalité maternelle en Haïti : pertinence et faisabilité |
| title_sort | collaboration entre le systeme de soins et les matrones pour la reduction de la mortalite maternelle en haiti pertinence et faisabilite |
| topic | Haiti traditional birth attendant matron maternal mortality traditional medicine collaboration and integration |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22522 |
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