Beith, Alix | 2009
- Author(s): Beith, Alix
- Publisher: Abt associates [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, health economics, developing countries
The main objective of this survey was to capture information about P4P schemes in order to share lessons, innovations, and good practices with others.
Beltman, Jogchum Jan | 2013
- Author(s): Beltman, Jogchum Jan
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health personnel, maternal health services, midwives, rural areas, malawi
Factors contributing to facility-based obstetric hemorrhage mentioned by participants were: limited availability of basic supplies, lack of human resources, inadequate clinical skills of health workers and substandard referrals by traditional birth attendants and lack of self-referrals of patients.
Bennett, Sara and Ssengooba, Freddie | 2010
- Author(s): Bennett, Sara and Ssengooba, Freddie
- Publisher: Public library of science (PLoS) medicine]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal and child health, health policy, africa
This article addresses what is already known about how scientific evidence has influenced MNCH policy and practice. It considers some of the key challenges in closing the science to policy and practice gap, and concludes by identifying promising paths for future action.
Benson, Janie and Andersen, Kathryn and Samandari, Ghazaleh | 2011
- Author(s): Benson, Janie and Andersen, Kathryn and Samandari, Ghazaleh
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal mortality, maternal health services, abortion, romania, bangladesh, south africa
This review provides an analysis of changes in abortion mortality in three countries where policy reform and related service delivery occurred. This paper demonstrates the policy and program changes that led to declines in abortion-related mortality in Romania, South Africa and Bangladesh.
Bergeson-Lockwood, Jennifer and Leahy Madsen, Elizabeth and Bernstein, Jessica | cop. 2010
- Author(s): Bergeson-Lockwood, Jennifer and Leahy Madsen, Elizabeth and Bernstein, Jessica
- Publisher: Population action international (PAI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal and child health, maternal health services, maternal mortality, bangladesh, asia
This report tracks four maternal health supplies: oxytocin, misoprostol, magnesium sulfate and manual vacuum aspirators. These supplies address three of the most common direct causes of maternal mortality in Asia. This study assesses the factors that inhibit access to maternal health supplies.