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Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

'Unsafe motherhood : a monumental challenge' : maternal and newborn survival : a matter of human rights lessons learned and continuing challenges : 'Safe motherhood at twenty' : desk study for Share-net

Wiebenga, Mariette | 2007
  • Author(s): Wiebenga, Mariette
  • Publisher: Public health consultants (PHC)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal and child health, mortality, maternal welfare
The study on safe motherhood aims to ground current thinking, policies and priorities in a historical perspective, and to present up to date evidence from a variety of sources in an accessible manner.

The tyranny of distance : maternity waiting homes and access to birthing facilities in rural Timor-Leste

Wild, Kayli | 2012
  • Author(s): Wild, Kayli
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
  • Pages: 97--103
  • Keywords: evaluation, health programmes, rural areas, maternal health services, timor-leste
To examine the impact of maternity waiting homes on the use of facility-based birthing services for women in two remote districts of Timor-Leste. The waiting homes did not improve access. The methods presented provide a framework that could be used to evaluate maternity waiting homes.

Saving women's lives : clinical and community action to address postpartum hemorrhage

Wilder, Jennifer and Solter, Cathy | 2009
  • Author(s): Wilder, Jennifer and Solter, Cathy
  • Publisher: Pathfinder international
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mortality, maternal welfare
The article discusses the six integrated elements of the Pathfinder model. The elements as an integral whole, are essential to the reduction of maternal mortality from postpartum hemorrhage.

Planning and implementing an essential package of sexual and reproductive health services : guidance for integrating family planning and STI/RTI with other reproductive health and primary health services

Williams, Katherine and Warren, Charlotte and Askew, Ian | 2010
  • Author(s): Williams, Katherine and Warren, Charlotte and Askew, Ian
  • Publisher: United nations population fund] (UNFPA) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, maternal and child health, family planning, disease prevention, unfpa
UNFPA identified two priority areas to serve as examples for this guidance: integrating family planning into maternal and newborn care services, and integrating services for preventing and managing STIs / RTIs into primary health care services.

Effectiveness of strategies incorporating training and support of traditional birth attendants on perinatal and maternal mortality : meta-analysis

Wilson, Amie | 2011
  • Author(s): Wilson, Amie
  • Publisher: BMJ publishing group]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: developing countries, maternal health services, maternal and child health, maternal mortality, midwives, training programmes
To assess the effectiveness of strategies incorporating training of traditional birth attendants on the outcomes of perinatal, neonatal, and maternal death in developing countries. Perinatal and neonatal deaths are significantly reduced with strategies incorporating training and support of TBAs.
 

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.