MODERNIZATION OF MATERNITY AND CHILD CARE SERVICE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS

The results of implementation of health care modernization programs in the subjects of the Russian Federation in 2011-2012, in the part of improvement of obstetric/gynecologic care, were analyzed. It was shown that the implementation of regional modernization programs could strengthen the material and technical basis of obstetric facilities, optimize obstetric bedspace, begin to promote current information technologies, introduce medical care procedures, and start stepwise transition to rending medical care in accordance with the standards. Obstetric service modernization resulted in an increase in the availability and quality of medical care for women and children and a reduction in maternal mortality in the Russian Federation. The purposes, tasks, and basic areas of further improvement of obstetric care service in the Russian Federation were defined.

pregnancy, labor, maternal mortality, infant mortality, obstetric care modernization