Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

'What works for the poor' : local governance systems and the delivery of maternal health, water and sanitation in two rural districts of Uganda

Sabiti, Bernard and Kawooya Ssebunya, Andrew | 2012
  • Author(s): Sabiti, Bernard and Kawooya Ssebunya, Andrew
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI). Africa power and politics programme (APPP) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, water supply, nongovernmental organizations, ethnic and racial groups, leadership, community participation, governance, local government, sanitation, maternal welfare, uganda
A new framework for studying the effect of hybrid forms of local governance, composed of associational, chiefly, administrative and communal stakeholders, was applied to public service delivery. An important factor was to build on existing forms of legitimacy, authority and accountability.

ICPD+15 : investigating barriers to achieving safe motherhood : a study in selected sites in rural Sindh and Punjab

Saeed, Hilda and Saeed, Rahal and Khan, Saman Y. | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Saeed, Hilda and Saeed, Rahal and Khan, Saman Y.
  • Publisher: Shirkat Gah women's resource centre
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, motherhood, rural areas, pakistan
In view of the stagnating contraceptive prevalent rate, the reported unmet need for contraception and the use of induced abortion as a means of family planning, this review focuses on maternal health services including post abortion care.

Cash transfers for maternal health : design opportunities and challenges in low-resource settings

Samuels, Fiona and Jones, Nicola | 2011
  • Author(s): Samuels, Fiona and Jones, Nicola
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: financial aspects, maternal and child health
The project outlines the components that were taken into consideration during the cash transfer design process for an operations research project on Cash Transfers for Safe Motherhood.

Skilling up & scaling up : task sharing for EmOC

Sanghvi, Harshad | 2009
  • Author(s): Sanghvi, Harshad
  • Publisher: Jhpiego
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, health personnel, midwives, ghana, thailand, india
This presentation is about key lessons from task shifting programs. Task shifting improves performance of health personnel.

Health system capacity : maternal health policy implementation in the state of Gujarat, India

Sanneving, Linda | 2013
  • Author(s): Sanneving, Linda
  • Publisher: Umeه university. Centre for global health research (CGH)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, health policy, gujarat, india
Focus is on perceptions of high-level stakeholders on the process of implementing maternal health interventions. The capacity of the health system in Gujarat needs to be improved in terms of structures and processes.
 

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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.