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Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Family planning : a health and development issue, a key intervention for the survival of women and children

| cop. 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Department of reproductive health and research (RHR)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: maternal health services, health programmes, family planning
This policy brief summarizes evidence on multiple benefits of family planning: both in health and survival and socioeconomic development of populations, supporting the conviction that family planning should have a much higher profile in international health priorities than it presently occupies.

From evidence to policy : expanding access to family planning : strategies to increase use of long-acting and permanent contraception

| cop. 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Department of reproductive health and research (RHR)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health policy, maternal health services, contraceptive usage, contraceptives
This brief is about strategies to increase use of long-acting and permanent contraception.

Critical issues for integrating SRH and HIV/AIDS services to provide dual protection against unintended pregnancy and HIV/STI acquisition : symposium report

| cop. 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Population council
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: disease prevention, aids, maternal health services
The objectives were to review and discuss critical and emerging issues around integrating SRH and HIV and AIDS services to enable dual protection, including new directions in dual protection technology and behaviour change interventions.

Good practices in essential supplies for family planning and maternal health : global programme to enhance reproductive health commodity security

| cop. 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: United nations population fund (UNFPA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health programmes, maternal health services, family planning
UNFPA is intensifying strategic support to voluntary family planning through its Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security. Countries participating are reporting their success stories backed by measureable results. This publication shares numerous examples of activities.

Promoting FP/RH-HIV/AIDS integration : a summary of global health initiative strategies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia

| cop. 2012
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Population action international (PAI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health policy, maternal health services, family planning, ethiopia, kenya, tanzania, zambia
A Summary of Global Health Initiative Strategies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. This policy brief looks at how the “integration” principle and to a lesser degree the “country ownership” principle are applied to FP/RH and HIV/AIDS services and civil society engagement.
 

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.