Hatt, Laurel | [2010]
- Author(s): Hatt, Laurel
- Publisher: Abt associates [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal welfare, health economics, personal finance, bangladesh
The aim of this project is to increase utilization of maternal health services via e.g.: vouchers for free antenatal and postnatal care and for transportation. Cash transfers if women deliver with skilled birth attendant and cash incentives for field workers for providing MH services.
Hatt, Laurel | 2010
- Author(s): Hatt, Laurel
- Publisher: Abt associates [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: financing, maternal health services, ghana, kenya, mali, bangladesh
Financial barriers to accessing safe motherhood services remain in many developing countries. Financing strategies can help increase the chance that women deliver with a skilled birth attendant or have access to emergency obstetric care. This presentation provides an overview of several approaches.
Hatt, Laurel | 2007
- Author(s): Hatt, Laurel
- Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
- Pages: 774--783
- Keywords: midwives, health personnel, indonesia
This article assesses whether the strategy of 'a midwife in every village' in Indonesia achieved its aim of increasing professional delivery care for the poorest women. The article examines trends in the percentage of births attended by a health professional and deliveries via caesarean section.
Hayman, Rachel | 2011
- Author(s): Hayman, Rachel
- Publisher: University of London. Evidence for policy and practice information and co-ordinating centre (EPPI-centre)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: evaluation, reproductive health, maternal and child health
The studies suggest that aid-funded health care interventions, whether delivered using the Paris Principles or not, might be associated with better health outcomes. However, these findings should be interpreted with caution due to methodological limitations associated with the study designs.
Herschderfer, Kathy | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Herschderfer, Kathy
- Publisher: KIT publishers
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal health services, maternal and child health, sierra leone
This report includes results of a rapid assessment that identified factors influencing health seeking behaviour for maternal and newborn health care. Beliefs, practices and decision making processes for seeking care are emerging from this qualitative study carried out in five districts.