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Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

How family planning supply and the service environment affect contraceptive use : findings from four east African countries

Wang, Wenjuan | 2012
  • Author(s): Wang, Wenjuan
  • Publisher: ICF international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: contraceptive usage, maternal health services, family planning, east africa, tanzania, uganda, rwanda, kenya
Lack of routine staff training for family planning providers cuts across all four countries, but family planning providers generally receive routine supervision. The analysis also suggests that regional-level factors significantly contribute to the between-region variation in contraceptive use.

Levels and trends in the use of maternal health services in developing countries

Wang, Wenjuan | 2011
  • Author(s): Wang, Wenjuan
  • Publisher: ICF Macro
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, midwives, developing countries
The results indicate that the developing world has achieved great success in the reach of antenatal care. Over 80 percent of women in the countries studied have at least one antenatal care visit during pregnancy. Skilled health providers are commonly reported as the sources of antenatal care.

Study protocol for promoting respectful maternity care initiative to assess, measure and design interventions to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya

Warren, Charlotte | 2013
  • Author(s): Warren, Charlotte
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, midwives, maternal welfare, maternal and child health, kenya
This study seeks to conduct implementation research aimed at designing, testing, and evaluating an approach to significantly reduce disrespectful and abusive care of women during labor and delivery in facilities.

Maternal mortality update 2002 : a focus on emergency obstetric care

Weil, Laura | cop. 2003
  • Author(s): Weil, Laura
  • Publisher: United nations population fund (UNFPA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal welfare, mortality, obstetrics
The new Maternal Mortality Update explains the critical importance of timely medical interventions hen complications develop. It also documents UNFPA's efforts to reduce maternal mortality throughout the developing world.

Senegal case study : promising beginnings, uneven progress : a repositioning family planning case study

Wickstrom, Jane and Diagne, Abdoulaye and Smith, Alyson | 2006
  • Author(s): Wickstrom, Jane and Diagne, Abdoulaye and Smith, Alyson
  • Publisher: ACQUIRE project (Access, quality, and use in reproductive health)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, senegal
A studie that analyzes Senegal 's relatively stable contraceptive prevalences.
 

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.