Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

How can child and maternal mortality be cut?

Anderson, Tatum | 2010
  • Author(s): Anderson, Tatum
  • Publisher: British medical association (BMA)
  • Pages: 240--242
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, mortality, health policy, malawi, india
With only five years to go, the millennium development goals to reduce maternal and child mortality remain a long way off target. Tatum Anderson looks at the problems.

The right to contraceptive information and services for women and adolescents

Andiَn Ibaٌez, Ximena | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Andiَn Ibaٌez, Ximena
  • Publisher: Center for reproductive rights : with UNFPA
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health education, contraceptive usage, maternal health services, human rights, adolescents
This paper examines the right to access contraceptive information and services for women and adolescents. It provides practical guidance for actors working in the area of sexual and reproductive health to integrate human rights into programs and policies on contraceptive information and services.

Maternal health : investing in the lifeline of healthy societies & economies

Annan, Kofi Atta | 2010
  • Author(s): Annan, Kofi Atta
  • Publisher: Africa progress panel
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal mortality, health policy, health programmes, maternal health services
This policy brief is intended to complement the efforts of maternal health advocates in government, civil society and the development community by making the case for why urgent action to reduce maternal mortality must be a top priority for African leaders.

Bangladesh : inequalities in utilization of maternal health care services : evidence from MATLAB

Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal | 2004
  • Author(s): Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, maternal health services, poverty, maternal welfare, bangladesh
This study investigates the equity implications of introducing a facility-based maternity care strategy in rural Bangladesh. The persistent rich-poor gap, indicate that the ICDDR,B interventions, have managed to increase utilization but have not adequately addressed equity.

Community discussion guide for maternal and newborn health care : a training manual for safe motherhood action groups

Aradeon, Susan B. and Soyoola, Mini | 2012
  • Author(s): Aradeon, Susan B. and Soyoola, Mini
  • Publisher: Health partners international. Mobilising access to maternal health services in Zambia programme (MAMaZ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal welfare, training programmes, manuals, zambia
This guide contains detailed guidance on how to train safe motherhood action group volunteers in two key areas of their portfolio - maternal and newborn health care and is intended to complement other maternal health and newborn care training resources.
 

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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.