Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Targeting poverty and gender inequality to improve maternal health

Paruzzolo, Silvia | 2010
  • Author(s): Paruzzolo, Silvia
  • Publisher: Women deliver
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender, poverty, reproductive health, health services, maternal health services, maternal welfare, maternal mortality, health programmes
This paper examines the ways in which poverty and gender inequality pose significant barriers to maternal health care access and utilization, and thereby impact maternal mortality.

WHO maternal death and near-miss classifications

Pattinson, Robert | 2009
  • Author(s): Pattinson, Robert
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 734--
  • Keywords: mortality, maternal welfare, pregnancy, childbirth, maternal health services, classification systems, who
This article relates to the near-miss classifactions. Applying this classification should help to identify the health system shortfalls that countries need to address in order to reduce complications and fatal outcomes of pregnancy and childbirth.

Sexual HIV risk behaviour and associated factors among pregnant women in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Peltzer, Karl and Mlambo, Gladys | 2013
  • Author(s): Peltzer, Karl and Mlambo, Gladys
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: aids, contraceptive usage, sexual behaviour, pregnancy, disease prevention, south africa
High levels of sexual HIV risk behaviour were found during pregnancy. Pregnant women need to be informed of their increased risk of HIV and the importance of sexual HIV risk reduction including the use of condoms throughout pregnancy.

Preventing postpartum hemorrhage : from research to practice

Pfitzer, Anne and Sanghvi, Harshad | cop. 2004
  • Author(s): Pfitzer, Anne and Sanghvi, Harshad
  • Publisher: JHPIEGO
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, mortality
This publication reviews the evidence regarding the prevention of PPH during the conference of 20 to 23 January 2004. The goal was to move evidence-based interventions for preventing PPH into common practice.

Tanzania case study : a successful program loses momentum : a repositioning family planning case study

Pile, John M. and Simbakalia, Calista | 2006
  • Author(s): Pile, John M. and Simbakalia, Calista
  • Publisher: ACQUIRE project (Access, quality, and use in reproductive health)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, tanzania
A studie that analyzes Tanzania 's relatively stable contraceptive prevalences.
 

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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.