Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Adding it up : the costs and benefits of investing in family planning and maternal and newborn health

Singh, Susheela | cop. 2009
  • Author(s): Singh, Susheela
  • Publisher: Alan Guttmacher institute : with UNFPA
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, family planning, maternal health services, health services, health economics, reproductive health, cost benefit analysis
This report presents new analyses on the costs and benefits of investing in two key components of sexual and reproductive health care: family planning and maternal and newborn health services.

The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Ethiopia, 2008

Singh, Susheela | 2010
  • Author(s): Singh, Susheela
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 16--25
  • Keywords: maternal health services, pregnancy, abortion, ethiopia
This study focuses on the fact that unsafe abortion is still common in Ethiopia. To reduce rates of unplanned pregnancy and unsafe abortion, increased access to high-quality contraceptive care and safe abortion services is needed.

Adding it up : the costs and benefits of contraceptive services : estimates for 2012

Singh, Susheela and Darroch, Jacqueline E. | cop. 2012
  • Author(s): Singh, Susheela and Darroch, Jacqueline E.
  • Publisher: Alan Guttmacher institute [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: developing countries, maternal welfare, maternal health services, contraceptive usage
\\sl276\\slmult1This report presents new 2012 estimates of the numbers and proportions of women in the developing world using modern methods and in need of modern contraception, as well as the cost and impact of meeting this need.

Making abortion services accessible in the wake of legal reforms : a framework and six case studies

Singh, Susheela and London, Susan | 2012
  • Author(s): Singh, Susheela and London, Susan
  • Publisher: Guttmacher institute
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health policy, law, maternal health services, abortion, south africa, nepal, mexico, ethiopia, colombia, cambodia
This report examines the processes that followed passage of abortion law reforms in six countries and identifies a framework of activities that are essential to successfully implement less restrictive abortion laws.Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mexico City, Nepal and South Africa.

Methodologies for estimating abortion incidence and abortion-related morbidity : a review

Singh, Susheela and Remez, Lisa and Tartaglione, Alyssa | 2010
  • Author(s): Singh, Susheela and Remez, Lisa and Tartaglione, Alyssa
  • Publisher: Guttmacher institute [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, abortion, health policy, maternal health services, africa, asia, latin america
This review provides discussions on how methodologies have been applied and indicate their strengths and limitations. This volume will be helpful to program managers, service providers who use the studies' results for policy change, program development and public health interventions.
 

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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.