Examples of MCH in a sentence
This literature review 1) depicts a broad Bolivian societal context; 2) describes the state of MCH and MCN in Bolivia; 3) describes the structure of the Bolivian health system and its MCH provisions; 4) introduces potential determinants of MCN status, highlighting a lack of literature on community perspectives towards potentially modifiable factors; and 5) introduces the city of El Alto as a unique area of high need.
More specific to MCH, in May 2009 the government implemented the Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, a conditional cash transfer that pays women up to US $261 for attending prenatal care, delivering their babies in a public health facility, and bringing their infants in for wellness checkups [5, 9].
Pregnant women; children under 5 32 total; mostly primary and secondary care Women of reproductive age; children under 5; general population for certain endemic diseases 92 total; mostly primary and secondary care Women from pregnancy to 6 months postpartum; children under 5 547 total; primary, secondary, tertiary care The current national MCH system, SUMI, is administered through the decentralized but hierarchical governmental structure.
The Xxxxx and Los Andes public hospitals are two of the three secondary care facilities providing MCH services in El Alto, each with its own network of primary care facilities (Table R4 from Lit Review).
Three secondary care hospitals provide MCH services in El Alto [70] (Table R4).