Donaldson, Peter J. and Bongaarts, John | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Donaldson, Peter J. and Bongaarts, John
- Publisher: Population council
- Pages: --
- Keywords: gender, poverty, aids, youth, family planning
This year's report focuses on family planning, one of the most important issues PopCouncil has worked on over the past 60 years.
Dumont, Alexandre | 2006
- Author(s): Dumont, Alexandre
- Publisher:
- Pages: 218--224
- Keywords: mortality, maternal welfare, pregnancy, maternal health services, senegal
The objective of this before and after study is to assess the effect of facillity-based maternal death reviews on maternal mortality rates in a district hospital in Senegal that provides primary and referral maternity services.
Dynes, Michelle | 2012
- Author(s): Dynes, Michelle
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Pages: 251--259
- Keywords: training programmes, rural areas, maternal and child health, maternal health services, community participation, ethiopia
CMNH is strategy to improve maternal and newborn health at in rural areas where pregnant women have limited access to health facilities. The health programme was successful in transferring knowledge to health extension workers at the trainer level and to guide team members at the community level.
Dzakpasu, Susie and Powell-Jackson, Timothy and Campbell, Oona M.R. | 2013
- Author(s): Dzakpasu, Susie and Powell-Jackson, Timothy and Campbell, Oona M.R.
- Publisher: Oxford university press
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal health services, cost effectiveness, maternal welfare
The objective was to assess evidence of impact of user fees on maternal health service utilization and related health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, as well as their impact on inequalities in these outcomes.
Eckermann, Elizabeth and Deodato, Giovanni | 2008
- Author(s): Eckermann, Elizabeth and Deodato, Giovanni
- Publisher: Japan society of obstetrics and gynecology (JSOG)
- Pages: 767--775
- Keywords: maternal and child health, mortality, lao
Maternity Waiting Homes (MWH) have been shown to be an effective form of intervention to improve maternal and infant outcomes in pregnancy and childbirth in many settings where access to hospitals and community health facilities is limited.