Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Do lay health workers in primary and community health care improve maternal and child health? : SUPPORT summary of a systematic review

Flottorp, Signe | 2008
  • Author(s): Flottorp, Signe
  • Publisher: SUPPORT
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health personnel, maternal and child health, mortality
The use of lay health workers in maternal and child health programmes shows promising benefits compared to usual care.

Improved access to comprehensive emergency obstetric care and its effect on institutional maternal mortality in rural Mali

Fournier, Pierre | 2009
  • Author(s): Fournier, Pierre
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: 30--38
  • Keywords: obstetrics, maternal welfare, mali
The results show that national programmes can be implemented in low-income countries without major external funding, that they improve the coverage of obstetric services and significantly reduce the risk of maternal death.

Increasing awareness and use of long-acting and permanent contraceptive methods in Guinea : case study of a pilot IUD intervention

Frajzyngier, Veronica and Hovey, Pauline | 2008
  • Author(s): Frajzyngier, Veronica and Hovey, Pauline
  • Publisher: ACQUIRE project (Access, quality, and use in reproductive health)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, guinea
This case study illustrates the effectiveness of a synergistic 'supply and demand' strategy that includes the engagement of religious leaders and district Ministry of Health officials to increase awareness and knowledge of long-acting family planning methods in a low-resource setting in West Africa.

Practical lessons from global safe motherhood initiatives : time for a new focus on implementation

Freedman, Lynn P. | 2007
  • Author(s): Freedman, Lynn P.
  • Publisher: The Lancet
  • Pages: 1383--1391
  • Keywords: mortality, maternal welfare
In this article, four global maternal health initiatives draw on their complementary experiences to identify a set of the central lessons on which to build a new, collaborative effort to implement equitable, sustainable maternal health services at scale.

ESD model : mobilizing Muslim Imams and religious leaders as \"champions\" of reproductive health and family planning

Freij, Leah Sawalha | 2010]
  • Author(s): Freij, Leah Sawalha
  • Publisher: Pathfinder international [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: religious leaders, maternal and child health, health education, family planning
This project is about the important role of religious leaders. Activities supported by religious leaders have the potential to promote positive changes in maternal, neonatal and child health, including changes in behaviors related to pregnancy spacing and delaying the first pregnancy.
 

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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.