Rajani, Nicole and Fabel, Elizabeth and Klitsch, Michael | 2006
- Author(s): Rajani, Nicole and Fabel, Elizabeth and Klitsch, Michael
- Publisher: ACQUIRE project (Access, quality, and use in reproductive health)
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- Keywords: family planning, reproductive health, bolivia, bangladesh
The ACQUIRE Project promotes renewed, sustained focus on three essential service-delivery elements: informed and voluntary decision making; medical safety; and quality assurance. These three elements constitute the Fundamentals of Care (FOC).
Rawe, Kathryn | 2011
- Author(s): Rawe, Kathryn
- Publisher: Save the children UK
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- Keywords: maternal health services, midwives, maternal mortality, maternal and child health, maternal welfare
This report highlights the important role that the midwife plays within the wider health system, and lays out a range of solutions to recruit, train, support and deploy more midwives to the places where they are needed most.
Rawe, Kathryn and Dunford, Ashley | 2012
- Author(s): Rawe, Kathryn and Dunford, Ashley
- Publisher: Save the children
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal health services, maternal and child health, family planning, adolescent pregnancy
A new report from Save the Children UK highlights the fact that girls under 15 are five times more likely to die in pregnancy than women in their 20s. Babies born to younger mums are also at far greater risk. Babies are 60% more likely to die if their mother is under 18.
Reiss, Kate | 2012
- Author(s): Reiss, Kate
- Publisher: Marie Stopes international (MSI)
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- Keywords: rural areas, maternal health services, contraceptives, uganda
This report describes a follow-up of tubal ligation, IUD and implant clients from Marie Stopes Uganda outreach clinics. It demonstrates that long-acting and permanent methods of contraception can be provided safely and effectively through outreach services.
Requejo, Jennifer | 2012
- Author(s): Requejo, Jennifer
- Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Countdown to 2015
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- Keywords: maternal health services, maternal and child health, maternal welfare, maternal mortality, maternal health services, health programmes
The report gives updated profiles on high-burden priority countries that account for high maternal and child deaths. The profiles highlight how well each country is doing in increasing coverage of high-impact interventions that can save the lives of millions of women and children.