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- Interview -DAWN Science; May 10, 2008
- Prices rise for Health Department services
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Interview -DAWN Science; May 10, 2008
Pakistan Dawn – May 10, 2008
What is your take on maternal health is Pakistan?
While in most cases having a baby is a positive and fulfilling experience, pregnancy and childbirth can also be associated with suffering, ill health or even death. Interventions that can prevent maternal and newborn mortality from major causes are known and can be made available even in resource-poor settings. This is where MPS or Making Pregnancy Safer comes in. WHO or the World Health Organisation provides technical support to Pakistan, as well as other countries for maternal health through its MPS department. The objective of MPS is to ensure that governments and partner agencies receive guidance and technical support… In Pakistan 16,500 women die each year due to complications of pregnancy and child birth, and 40,000 infants die in their first year of life. In Pakistan, Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) officially quoted is 200 per 100,000 live births which, if you come to think of it, is much better than previous reports of 500 per 100,000 live births. What is the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) programme?
The Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Programme is a programme of government of Pakistan developed with technical assistance of WHO and other partners for achieving Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). WHO is committed to assisting the government in its attempt to implement the full spectrum of interventions necessary to address the MNH issues. The programme will ensure progress toward achieving the MDG in maternal and child health. What areas does it cover?
In Pakistan infants and newborn babies die mainly due to birth asphyxia, intra-uterine growth retardation, acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea. All of these causes are both preventable and treatable.
Prices rise for Health Department services
Tampabay.com – May 10, 2008
The culprit for these fee increases isn’t property taxes, but rising consumer prices and the cost of new programs, health officials say. The county also wants to keep its charges consistent with Medicaid fees, they say. Medicaid is a state-federal partnership that provides medical care for low-income people. Some of the proposed fee increases are:• Child health check-up: Goes from $70 to cost-based reimbursement. Net charge will vary based on family’s income. 28 to cost-based reimbursement• CPR class (per person): New service, $30• Physical check-ups for new immigrants: New service, $275• Lab fees for new immigrants: New service, $150Chuin-Wei Yap can be reached at cyap@sptimes.
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WebWire – WebWire (press release) – May 10, 2008
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Mental health staff rips CPS over handling of polygamist sect |…
Houston Chronicle – May 10, 2008
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Mental health workers sent to emergency shelters in San Angelo last month to help care for the hundreds of women and children removed from a polygamist sect’s West Texas ranch have sharply criticized the Child Protective Services operation, telling their governing board it unnecessarily traumatized the kids. The CPS investigation of suspected child abuse and its decision to seek state custody of all 464 children punished mothers who appeared to be good parents of healthy, well-behaved and emotionally normal kids, workers said in a set of short and unsigned written reports made at the request of the board after a briefing Tuesday. Threatened arrestsAll nine reports by employees of the Hill Country Community Mental Health-Mental Retardation Center expressed varying degrees of anger toward the state’s child welfare agency for removing the children from their community, separating them from their mothers or for the way CPS workers conducted themselves at the shelter. A few described ongoing tension between the two groups of social workers, including threats by CPS to have interfering MHMR workers arrested… html
Mental health workers sent to emergency shelters in San Angelo last month to help care for the hundreds of women and children removed from a polygamist sect’s West Texas ranch have sharply criticized the Child Protective Services operation, telling their governing board it unnecessarily traumatized the kids. The CPS investigation of suspected child abuse and its decision to seek state custody of all 464 children punished mothers who appeared to be good parents of healthy, well-behaved and emotionally normal kids, workers said in a set of short and unsigned written reports made at the request of the board after a briefing Tuesday. Threatened arrestsAll nine reports by employees of the Hill Country Community Mental Health-Mental Retardation Center expressed varying degrees of anger toward the state’s child welfare agency for removing the children from their community, separating them from their mothers or for the way CPS workers conducted themselves at the shelter. A few described ongoing tension between the two groups of social workers, including threats by CPS to have interfering MHMR workers arrested. The workers spent several days in San Angelo, some shortly after the April 3 search of the Yearning for Zion Ranch prompted by a sexual abuse complaint, during the chaotic opening of a shelter in the city’s coliseum, or in the days leading up to the children’s dispersal to foster care facilities across the state later that month.
