Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Delivery life support : a preliminary report on the chain of survival for complicated deliveries in rural Cambodia

Chandy, Houy and Steinholt, Margit and Husum, Hans | 2007
  • Author(s): Chandy, Houy and Steinholt, Margit and Husum, Hans
  • Publisher: Blackwell
  • Pages: 263--269
  • Keywords: midwives, health personnel, mortality, maternal welfare, obstetrics, cambodia
The intervention results indicate that delivery life support training to rural careproviders increases their capacity to cope with emergency obstetric cases.

From papers to practices : district level priority setting processes and criteria for family planning, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in Tanzania

Chitama, Dereck | 2011
  • Author(s): Chitama, Dereck
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, maternal welfare, family planning, tanzania
This paper seeks to capture and analyse the priority setting processes and criteria for family planning, maternal, newborn and child health at district level in Tanzania.

Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh : a qualitative exploratory study

Choudhury, Nuzhat and Ahmed, Syed M. | 2011
  • Author(s): Choudhury, Nuzhat and Ahmed, Syed M.
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health education, poverty, cultural aspects, maternal health services, maternal and child health, bangladesh
\\sl276\\slmult1This study shows that cultural beliefs and norms have a strong influence on maternal care practices among the ultra poor households. Health behavior education in this livelihood support program can be carefully tailored to local cultural beliefs to achieve better maternal outcomes.

Achieving Millennium development goals 4 and 5 in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, S. | 2011
  • Author(s): Chowdhury, S.
  • Publisher: Healthy newborn network (HNN)]
  • Pages: 36--46
  • Keywords: maternal health services, maternal and child health, bangladesh
This review highlights that, whereas Bangladesh is on track for achieving MDG 4 and 5A, progress in access to reproductive health is not yet at the required pace to achieve the targets set for 2015. Bangladesh needs to further enhance activities to improve and promote skilled attendance at birth.

Better health for women and families : the World bank's reproductive health action plan 2010-2015

Chowdhury, Sadia A. | 2010
  • Author(s): Chowdhury, Sadia A.
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal health services, health programmes
The Plan outlines activities to serve client countries in their efforts to improve reproductive health outcomes. Within the framework of health system strengthening, it proposes helping countries to address high fertility, improve pregnancy outcomes, and reduce STIs.
 

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.