Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg"
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Achieving progress in maternal and neonatal health through integrated and comprehensive healthcare services - experiences from a programme in northern Tanzania
Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Kvåle, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-07-30)Background: An integrated and comprehensive hospital/community based health programme is presented, aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity. It is run as part of a general programme of health care at ... -
Existence and functionality of emergency obstetric care services at district level in Kenya: theoretical coverage versus reality
Echoka, Elizabeth; Kombe, Yeri; Dubourg, Dominique; Makokha, Anselimo; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Mwangi, Moses; Byskov, Jens; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Mutisya, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-25)Background: The knowledge on emergency obstetric care (EmOC) is limited in Kenya, where only partial data from sub-national studies exist. The EmOC process indicators have also not been integrated into routine health ... -
Factors associated with health facility childbirth in districts of Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia: a population based survey
Phiri, Selia Ng’anjo; Kiserud, Torvid; Kvåle, Gunnar; Byskov, Jens; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Echoka, Elizabeth; Fylkesnes, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-04)Background: Maternal mortality continues to be a heavy burden in low and middle income countries where half of all deliveries take place in homes without skilled attendance. The study aimed to investigate the underlying ... -
Helping mothers survive bleeding after birth: retention of knowledge, skills, and confidence nine months after obstetric simulation-based training
Nelissen, Ellen; Ersdal, Hege; Mduma, Estomih; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Broerse, Jacqueline; van Roosmalen, Jos; Stekelenburg, Jelle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-25)Background: It is important to know the decay of knowledge, skills, and confidence over time to provide evidence-based guidance on timing of follow-up training. Studies addressing retention of simulation-based education ... -
High potential of escalating HIV transmission in a low prevalence setting in rural Tanzania
Yahya-Malima, Khadija I.; Matee, Mecky I.; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Fylkesnes, Knut (Journal article, 2007-06-09)Background: Previous surveillance among antenatal clinic (ANC) attendees within the remote rural Manyara and Singida regions in Tanzania identified an imminent but still, relatively low HIV epidemic. We conducted a ... -
HIV-1, HSV-2 and syphilis among pregnant women in a rural area of Tanzania: Prevalence and risk factors
Yahya-Malima, Khadija I.; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Matee, Mecky I.; Fylkesnes, Knut; Haarr, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-06-02)Background: Evidence suggests that a substantial proportion of new HIV infections in African countries are associated with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). Thus, the magnitude of HSV-2 infection in an area may suggest ... -
Maternal near miss and mortality in a rural referral hospital in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
Nelissen, Ellen J. T.; Mduma, Estomih; Ersdal, Hege; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; van Roosmalen, Jos JM; Stekelenburg, Jelle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-04)Background: Maternal morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa remains high despite global efforts to reduce it. In order to lower maternal morbidity and mortality in the immediate term, reduction of delay in the ... -
Risk factors for maternal death in the highlands of rural northern Tanzania: a case-control study
Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Lie, Rolv Terje; Bergsjø, Per; Gasheka, Peter; Kvåle, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-02-08)Background Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to the paucity of epidemiological information on maternal deaths, and the high maternal mortality estimates found earlier in ... -
Using the unmet obstetric needs indicator to map inequities in life-saving obstetric interventions at the local health care system in Kenya
Echoka, Elizabeth; Dubourg, Dominique; Makokha, Anselimo; Kombe, Yeri; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Mwangi, Moses; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Byskov, Jens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-12)Background: Developing countries with high maternal mortality need to invest in indicators that not only provide information about how many women are dying, but also where, and what can be done to prevent these deaths. The ...