[ Techniques d’accouchement traditionnel: Facteurs favorisant la mortalité maternelle chez les pygmées dans la zone de santé de Miti-Murhesa, RD Congo ]
Volume 37, Issue 3, October 2022, Pages 600–610
ZIHINDULA RUKENGWA1, Ciribagula Nkulwe2, MIREILLE KAFUMBA3, Tamani Makofi4, and Kayeye Bahizire5
1 Département de Nutrition, Laboratoire de protection maternelle et infantile, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles(CRSN) Lwiro, DS/BUKAVU, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
2 Département de Nutrition, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles CRSN, Lwiro, Bukavu, RD Congo
3 Département de Nutrition, Laboratoire de protection maternelle et infantile, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles(CRSN) Lwiro, DS/BUKAVU, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
4 Laboratoire d'Entomologie Médicale et Parasitologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles de Lwiro (CRSN-LWIRO), RD Congo
5 Laboratoire de malacologie du CRSN - Lwiro, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Since long; there have been several community health projects that are attempting to solve problems linked to maternal and infantile morbimortalities. These kinds of projects remain unfulfilled to pygmies and other people from black Africa. This descriptive transversal study about the techniques of traditional birth, as factors which promote the motherly and infantile mortality was carried out in MitiMurhesa health zone during a period from September 2018 to October 2019 in 4 sites (Buyungule, Cibuga, Cirharhangwa and Muyange) where Pygmies live. Traditional childbearing techniques which are applied by midwives pygmies would expose pygmies women giving birth and the new born to factors which can bring them to the death. The principal objective of this study is to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infantile mortality and morbidity of native people in MitiMurhesa health zone. An inquiry questionnaire and focus groups were used to collect data during our field descent. We recorded several techniques and inhuman practices that are applied to pygmies’ women giving birth because they have no means to access to health services and yet these pygmies’ women rarely access to prenatal consultation because they are negligent and loafers.
Author Keywords: Techniques, Birth, Mortality, Morbidity, abortion, Pygmies, MitiMurhesa.
Volume 37, Issue 3, October 2022, Pages 600–610
ZIHINDULA RUKENGWA1, Ciribagula Nkulwe2, MIREILLE KAFUMBA3, Tamani Makofi4, and Kayeye Bahizire5
1 Département de Nutrition, Laboratoire de protection maternelle et infantile, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles(CRSN) Lwiro, DS/BUKAVU, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
2 Département de Nutrition, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles CRSN, Lwiro, Bukavu, RD Congo
3 Département de Nutrition, Laboratoire de protection maternelle et infantile, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles(CRSN) Lwiro, DS/BUKAVU, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
4 Laboratoire d'Entomologie Médicale et Parasitologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles de Lwiro (CRSN-LWIRO), RD Congo
5 Laboratoire de malacologie du CRSN - Lwiro, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Since long; there have been several community health projects that are attempting to solve problems linked to maternal and infantile morbimortalities. These kinds of projects remain unfulfilled to pygmies and other people from black Africa. This descriptive transversal study about the techniques of traditional birth, as factors which promote the motherly and infantile mortality was carried out in MitiMurhesa health zone during a period from September 2018 to October 2019 in 4 sites (Buyungule, Cibuga, Cirharhangwa and Muyange) where Pygmies live. Traditional childbearing techniques which are applied by midwives pygmies would expose pygmies women giving birth and the new born to factors which can bring them to the death. The principal objective of this study is to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infantile mortality and morbidity of native people in MitiMurhesa health zone. An inquiry questionnaire and focus groups were used to collect data during our field descent. We recorded several techniques and inhuman practices that are applied to pygmies’ women giving birth because they have no means to access to health services and yet these pygmies’ women rarely access to prenatal consultation because they are negligent and loafers.
Author Keywords: Techniques, Birth, Mortality, Morbidity, abortion, Pygmies, MitiMurhesa.
Abstract: (french)
Depuis un certain temps, il s’observe plusieurs projets de santé communautaire pour tenter de résoudre les problèmes liés à la mortalité et à la morbidité maternelle et infantile; chose qui, jusqu’aujourd’hui reste irréalisable chez les pygmées et d’autres peuples d’Afrique noire. Notre étude descriptive transversale a porté sur les techniques d’accouchement traditionnel chez les pygmées; comme facteurs favorisant la mortalité maternelle et infantile chez ces derniers dans la zone de santé de Miti ̵ Murhesa. Elle a été menée durant la période de septembre 2018 à octobre 2019 dans 4 sites (Buyungule, Cibuga, Cirharhangwa et Muyange) où vivent les pygmées. Les techniques d’accouchement traditionnel appliquées par les sagefemmes considérées comme des accoucheuses traditionnelles pygmées exposeraient les accouchées et les nouveaux nés à plusieurs facteurs pouvant leur coûter la vie immédiatement ou à la longue. L’objectif principal de cette étude est de contribuer à la réduction de la mortalité maternelle et infantile des peuples autochtones dans la zone de santé de MitiMurhesa. Un questionnaire d’enquête et les groupes de discussion ou focus groups ont été utilises pour collecter les données sur le terrain. Nous avons enregistré plusieurs techniques et pratiques inhumaines appliquées aux accouchées non seulement parce qu’elles veulent mais aussi parce qu’elles n’ont pas les moyens pour accéder aux services de santé. Ces dernières accèdent rarement au service de consultation prénatale, pas parce qu’elles n’ont pas les moyens financier et matériel, mais par ce qu’elles sont négligentes et paresseuses.
Author Keywords: Techniques, accouchement, Mortalité, Morbidité, avortement, pygmées, MitiMurhesa.
How to Cite this Article
ZIHINDULA RUKENGWA, Ciribagula Nkulwe, MIREILLE KAFUMBA, Tamani Makofi, and Kayeye Bahizire, “Traditional birthing techniques: Factors contributing to maternal mortality among pygmies in the health zone of Miti-Murhesa, DR Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 600–610, October 2022.
