Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Veil of tears : Afghan's stories of loss in childbirth

Popalzai, Masoud and Faiz, Parwin and Tunbridge, Louise | cop. 2009
  • Author(s): Popalzai, Masoud and Faiz, Parwin and Tunbridge, Louise
  • Publisher: [United nations (UN). Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA)]. Integrated regional information networks (IRIN)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: child mortality, afghanistan
Veil of Tears, a 60-page colour booklet, is a unique collection of personal stories of loss and courage in childbirth, as told by women, men and children from different parts of Afghanistan.

Mainstreaming healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy : a framework for action

Post, May | ca. 2010]
  • Author(s): Post, May
  • Publisher: Extending service delivery (ESD) project [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, pregnancy, fertility, family planning
This document is about Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy, an approach that helps women and couples achieve the healthiest pregnancy outcomes. It represents a paradigm shift--from lowered fertility and smaller family size to healthy fertility through family planning.

Healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy : a trainer's reference guide

Post, May | 2010
  • Author(s): Post, May
  • Publisher: Extending service delivery (ESD) project
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, pregnancy
This Trainer’s Reference Guide is not a training manual. Rather it is intended as a reference guide and a resource that trainers can use to incorporate HTSP information into current or planned training activities as part of pre-service, in-service or continuing education for health care providers.

Community-based postpartum care services in MotherNewBorNet member programs

Post, May and Berhane, Elsa | 2008
  • Author(s): Post, May and Berhane, Elsa
  • Publisher: Extending service delivery (ESD) project [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: family planning, maternal and child health
This report compiles results from a survey that aimed to identify, document, and share information on the status of community-based postpartum care and postpartum family planning services implemented by MotherNewBorNet member organizations in the Asia Near East region.

From hope to action : annual report 2010

Prentice, Thomson | [2011]
  • Author(s): Prentice, Thomson
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). The Partnership for maternal, newborn & child health (PMNCH)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, health programmes
This publication seeks to show what The Partnership’s mission and objectives are. It sets out to demonstrate It aims to describe the work of amid the fast-moving global developments in maternal, newborn and child health today - citing the latest available research and the most recent initiatives.
 

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.