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  10/09/2007

Birth Asphyxia - Causes in high and low income countries

Ola Didrik Saugstad, University of Oslo, Norway
Birth asphyxia means that a fetus suffers from lack of oxygen during the birth process. If to severe this may affect the brain as well as other organs and in severe cases may lead to brain injury or even death...



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10/09/2007

Birth Asphyxia - Summary of the previous meeting and protocol overview

Dr Ornella Lincetto, WHO Geneve
Objective of the meeting are to present the result of the WHO/SNL meeting to develop a diagnostic tool for the recognition of birth asphyxia at hospital and community level in developing country settings and to adapt the study protocol for country implementation


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