Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Programming for IUD services : experience and lessons learned in field implementation and global leadership

Jacobstein, Roy and Klitsch, Michael | 2008
  • Author(s): Jacobstein, Roy and Klitsch, Michael
  • Publisher: ACQUIRE project (Access, quality, and use in reproductive health)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health
The brief presents its conceptual model for IUD service provision, programming approaches, illustrative IUD-related activities, the challenges met and the lessons learned or reinforced that are relevant to planning and programming for expanded IUD and other clinical method services.

Task shifting in maternal and newborn care : a non-inferiority study examining delegation of antenatal counseling to lay nurse aides supported by job aids in Benin

Jennings, Larissa | 2011
  • Author(s): Jennings, Larissa
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal and child health, health personnel, vocational training, benin
Lay nurse aides can provide effective antenatal counseling in maternal and newborn care in facility-based settings, provided they receive adequate training and support. Efforts are needed to improve management of human resources.

The Millennium development goals report 2011

Jensen, Lois | 2011
  • Author(s): Jensen, Lois
  • Publisher: United nations (UN)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal mortality, maternal welfare, maternal health services, contraceptive usage
This report outlines the progress made by countries towards the MDGs. Efforts to reach the MDGs still need to be intensified. They must address disparities between urban and rural areas, and increase efforts to target the world's hardest to reach populations. You will find MDG 5 on page 28-36.

Developing and costing local strategies to improve maternal and child health : the investment case framework

Jimenez Soto, Eliana | 2012
  • Author(s): Jimenez Soto, Eliana
  • Publisher: Public library of science (PLoS) medicine]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health programmes, maternal health services, maternal and child health
The framework pairs locally led problem-solving analysis with quantitative techniques to inform local decision-making. It allows for the development of appropriate strategies to overcome identified health system constraints and it estimates cost and impact should such strategies be implemented.

An intervention involving traditional birth attendants and perinatal and maternal mortality in Pakistan

Jokhio, Abdul Hakeem and Winter, Heather R. and Cheng, Kar Keung | 2005
  • Author(s): Jokhio, Abdul Hakeem and Winter, Heather R. and Cheng, Kar Keung
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 2091--2099
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, mortality, midwives, training programmes, rural areas, pakistan
Training traditional birth attendants and integrating them into an improved health care system were achievable and effective in reducing perinatal mortality. This model could result in large improvements in perinatal and maternal health in developing countries.
 

About this portal

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.