Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Maternal health care professionals' perspectives on the provision and use of antenatal and delivery care : a qualitative descriptive study in rural Vietnam

Graner, Sophie | 2010
  • Author(s): Graner, Sophie
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, health personnel, rural areas, vietnam
Contextual conditions strongly influenced the performance and interaction between pregnant women and health care professionals within antenatal care and delivery care in a rural district of Vietnam.

By choice, not by chance : family planning, human rights and development

Greene, Margaret and Joshi, Shareen and Robles, Omar | 2012
  • Author(s): Greene, Margaret and Joshi, Shareen and Robles, Omar
  • Publisher: United nations population fund (UNFPA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, family planning, human rights, financial aspects
This report analyzes data and trends to understand who is denied access and why. It examines challenges in expanding access to family planning. And it considers the social and economic impact of family planning as well as the costs and savings of making it available to everyone who needs it.

Delivering solutions : advancing dialogue to improve maternal health

Greene, Margaret Eleanor and Ostrowski, Calyn | [2012]
  • Author(s): Greene, Margaret Eleanor and Ostrowski, Calyn
  • Publisher: Woodrow Wilson international center for scholars (WWICS). Global health initiative
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, religious leaders, gender, men, cultural aspects
Lessons and recommendations are summarized in this report. Social and cultural factors dissuade women from seeking out maternal health services. Culturally sensitive education programs, like involving men, faith-based organizations and local leaders can help overcome reluctance to use services.

Using human rights to improve maternal and neonatal health : history, connections and a proposed practical approach

Gruskin, Sofia | 2008
  • Author(s): Gruskin, Sofia
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 589--593
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, human rights, mortality, developing countries
The article describes the historical development of maternal and neonatal mortality, the development of approaches to advance maternal and neonatal health and a project that applies a human rights framework to reinforce current efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.

WHO statement regarding the use of misoprostol for postpartum haemorrhage prevention and treatment

Gülmezoglu, A.M. and Mathai, M. and Hill, S. | cop. 2009
  • Author(s): Gülmezoglu, A.M. and Mathai, M. and Hill, S.
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Department of reproductive health and research (RHR)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, mortality, health personnel
The World Health Organization recommends that active management of the third stage of labour must be offered to all women delivered by skilled birth attendants during childbirth to prevent postpartum haemorrhage. This statement is to explain WHO position regarding misoprostol use after childbirth.
 

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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.