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.
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.
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.
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.
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.