Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Parliamentarians take action for maternal and newborn health : report

Prost, Eva and Heine, Marie-Agnes | cop. 2009
  • Author(s): Prost, Eva and Heine, Marie-Agnes
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health
This publication is a report of a meeting of parliamentarians in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 26-28 November 2008. The conference offered participants the opportunity to report on progress and give examples of best practice in the field of maternal and newborn health.

Maternal and newborn healthcare providers in rural Tanzania : in-depth interviews exploring influences on motivation, performance and job satisfaction

Prytherch, H. | 2012
  • Author(s): Prytherch, H.
  • Publisher: Deakin university]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: attitudes, rural areas, maternal health services, health personnel, tanzania
This article describes an exploratory study that asked: what is understood by the term motivation; what encourages and discourages providers of maternal and newborn care in rural areas; and which factors influence their performance and job satisfaction.

A practical approach to identifying maternal deaths missed from routine hospital reports : lessons from Indonesia

Qomariyah, Siti Nurul | 2009
  • Author(s): Qomariyah, Siti Nurul
  • Publisher: National center for biotechnology information (NCBI)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health statistics, health information, mortality, maternal welfare, hospitals, indonesia
This article is about the utility of a new approach to identify maternal deaths in hospitals. This is important as current studies show that routine methods of identifying maternal deaths in facilities underestimate the number by more than one-half.

Why are maternal mortality rates lower in the MCH-FP area of Matlab, Bangladesh? : the role of pregnancy outcomes

Rahman, Mizanur and DaVanzo, Julie and Razzaque, Abdur | 2009
  • Author(s): Rahman, Mizanur and DaVanzo, Julie and Razzaque, Abdur
  • Publisher: Pathfinder international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, abortion, bangladesh
This report focusses on interventions to prevent or reduce induced abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth and effective management of such outcomes. The interventions can substantially reduce maternal mortality in Bangladesh and similar countries.

The AMKENI model : learning global lessons from improving family planning, reproductive health, and child survival in Kenya

Rajani, Nicole and Archer, Linda and Klitsch, Michael | 2006
  • Author(s): Rajani, Nicole and Archer, Linda and Klitsch, Michael
  • Publisher: ACQUIRE project (Access, quality, and use in reproductive health)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: family planning, reproductive health, kenya
This brief reports on the AMKENI Project, that focused on increasing the use of reproductive health, family planning and child survival services in Kenya. Their strategies, successful practices and lessons learned are documented to identify and scale up best practices for starting a global project.
 

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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.