Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Guidance on global scale-up of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV : towards universal access for women, infants and young children and eliminating HIV and AIDS among children

| cop. 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health
This document promotes the integration of PMTCT. To deliver essential services for quality maternal, newborn and child care, including routine antenatal care for all women regardless of HIV status, comprehensive services for women living with HIV and care for HIV-exposed infants and young children.

Woman-centered health care : improving abortion services in Vietnam

| cop. 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Ipas
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, abortion, maternal welfare, training programmes, vietnam
The findings suggest that providing high-quality comprehensive abortion care services across facilities, even at the lowest levels of care, is possible. Decentralizing care would also reduce the distances women need to travel. This closeness would make woman-centered care easier to achieve.

Addressing unmet need for family planning in Africa : long-acting and permanent methods

| cop. 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Family health international (FHI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: family planning, reproductive health, africa
The publication dicusses the use, role and benefits of Long-Acting and Permanent Methods(LAPMs). It adresses the availability, access, and acceptability of LAPMs and the unmet need for family planning.

Making a difference in countries : strategic approach to improving maternal and newborn survival and health : ensuring skilled care for every birth

| cop. 2006
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mortality, maternal welfare, maternal and child health
This strategic approach paper sets out a way forward for making pregnancy and childbirth safer for women and their newborns, and accelerating the reduction of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity.

Implementing best practices in reproductive health

| cop. 2005-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Implementing best practices (IBP) initiative
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, maternal welfare
The Implementing Best Practices Initiative is an interactive partnership through which policy makers, programme managers, health care implementing organizations and providers are able to identify and apply evidence-based effective practices to improve reproductive health outcomes worldwide.
 

About this portal

This information portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents. It shares examples of practical projects and initiatives that have been undertaken to contribute to Millennium Development Goal 5: Improving maternal health, particularly in developing countries. Find your resources in the database.