12. • The partograph is a tool that can be used
to assess the progress of labor and to
identify when intervention is necessary.
• It is a graphical record of cervical
dilatation in centimeters against duration
of labor in hours.
18. • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) is a mysterious respiratory illness
that sickened more than 8,000 people
worldwide and killed more than 750
between November 2002 and July 2003.
While there is no known SARS
transmission anywhere in the world at this
time, CDC and its partners continue to
monitor the SARS situation globally.