Ebook: Maternal-child health: interdisciplinary aspects within the perspective of global health

Maternal-Child Health is one of the greatest challenges the world has to cope with today. Every year, thousands of women, newborns and children die unnecessarily, particularly in resource-poor settings. There is a great disparity caused by food insecurity and hunger, environmental health risks, sanitation challenges, cultural barriers and non-accessibility to diagnosis and treatment. "Maternal-Child Health: Interdisciplinary Aspects within the Perspective of Global Health" addresses these issues. The contributions of this book are based on the ONE HEALTH concept by focusing on infectious and non-communicable diseases and to present interdisciplinary views from more than 60 authors who come from 14 countries. The aim is to shape our understanding on Maternal-Child Health Solutions by looking at: agricultural and environmental ; economic, social and theological ; biomedical and nutritional ; clinical human and veterinary as well as ; epidemiology and ; public health expertise. The Göttingen International Health Network is corresponding to a variety of different geographic regions and programs to improve global health perspective and health of the most vulnerable: mothers and their children.;I: Environment and health -- 1. Maternal mortality and near miss events: the African perspective -- 2. Nutrition, sanitation and reproductive health in maternal-child health: challenges in low-resource settings -- 3. Water sanitation challenge: prevalence of diarrhoea in children under age 5 in slums and regular localities in Enugu, south-east Nigeria -- 4. Improving maternal and child health: the role of food safety in the developing world -- 5. Household food insecurity and hunger: implications for maternal and child health in Nigeria -- 6. Children's environmental health risks in Kenya -- 7. Metallic iron for clean agriculture -- II: Socioeconomic Factors -- 8. Maternal healthcare in rural areas of Tanzania: how do beneficiaries perceive the quality of services? -- 9. A review of selected maternal and child health indicators in Ghana -- 10. Health financing and its impact on maternal and child health in Rwanda -- 11. Maternal and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 12. Aspects of the religious context to maternal-child health (between global and local) -- 13. Cultural practices, beliefs, traditions and norms in Atwima Nwabiyagya District: a blessing or a curse for maternal health? -- III: Infectious disease -- 14. Pregnancy-related infections -- 15. Malaria in children and adults: an overview -- 16. Malaria in pregnancy: the parasite infection mechanism -- 17. Malaria and blood transfusion -- 18. The role of Leptospirosis -- zootonic disease in maternal-child health in Indonesia -- 19. Vertical transmission of Hepatitis B virus; the role of the placental barrier, modes of delivery, viral load & immunoprophylaxis of neonates -- 20. Human cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy and in newborns -- 21. Global aspects of human papillomavirus infection in feto-maternal health