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Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets

| 2004
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Department of reproductive health and research
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health
It highlights the core aspects of sexual and reproductive health services and proposes ways for countries and WHO to take innovative approaches.

The lack of communication affects access to maternal care

| 2004
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Pan American health organization (PAHO)
  • Pages: 2--
  • Keywords: maternal health services, bolivia
This article in 'Healing our spirits' outlines a proposed strategy for maternal services. This will involve building ties between traditional midwives and public health services, offering women culturally appropriate or special maternity care.

Determining an effective and replicable communication-based mechanism for improving young couples' access to and use of reproductive health information and services in Nepal : an operations research study

| 2004
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Centre for research on environment health, and population activities (CREHPA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health
This operations research study sought to determine an effective and replicable communication-based model for increasing the involvement of community-based groups in improving access to and use of reproductive health services and information by young married couples, ages 24 and under.

Integrated reproductive health centres project : Sudan

| 2003
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International planned parenthoood federation (IPPF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: family planning, reproductive health, sudan
The objectives of the project are: to increase access to a wide range of high quality family planning and reproductive health services; and to raise the knowledge and awareness of women, men and young people of sexual and reproductive health issues.

Quality services project : Ethiopia

| 2003
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International planned parenthoood federation (IPPF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, ethiopia
Accessible, available and acceptable sexual and reproductive health services tackle multiple needs including high rates of unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, harmful traditional practices, early marriage and gender violence. These are the objectives of the project.
 

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.