Title: Getting it right : improving maternal health through water, sanitation & hygiene

Authors: Shordt, Kathleen and Smet, Eefje and Herschderfer, Kathy

Place: Haarlem

Publisher: Simavi

Year: cop. 2012

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Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: midwives, maternal health services, sanitation, maternal welfare, maternal mortality

Abstract: This review of literature and research was done to examine how access to safe water, sanitation and application of hygiene practices can affect maternal health. Two studies showed significant correlations between increased access to water and sanitation and reductions in maternal mortality.

URL: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Shordt-2012-Getting.pdf

Document type: E-article