Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Dead mums don't cry

| 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Link media
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  • Keywords: mortality, maternal welfare, obstetrics, midwives, health personnel, africa, chad
For 'Dead Mums Don't Cry', the Panorama crew filmed one woman's struggle to stop mothers in her country dying. She's Grace Kodindo - an obstetrician in the poverty-stricken central African country of Chad. Panorama's investigation also showed there are reasons for hope.

Safe motherhood project, Nigeria : final report

| 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Centre for development and population activities (CEDPA)
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  • Keywords: maternal welfare, mortality, nigeria
The results in this final report indicate that that the Safe Motherhood Project made an impressive contribution to increasing women’s access to health facilities at the community level and therefore to improving health outcomes during pregnancy and delivery.

Indila’s story : one girl’s fight to stop child marriage

| 2007
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  • Publisher: United States agency for international development (USAID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: reproductive health, nepal
The story that follows is a story of courage, inspiration, and empowerment that reflect both the personal and the programmatic accomplishments achieved during the course of the ACQUIRE Project.

National in-service training strategy for skilled birth attendants 2006 - 2012

| 2007
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Government of Nepal. Ministry of health and population. National health training center
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: midwives, health personnel, nepal
This In-Service Training Strategy for Skilled Birth Attendants sets out the approaches and outline plans, within the Policy for Skilled Birth Attendants, the training needs are met of existing public health sector staff, to enable them to be accredited as skilled birth attendants.

Focused antenatal care : providing integrated, individualized care during pregnancy

| 2007
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  • Publisher: JHPIEGO]. ACCESS program
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  • Keywords: prenatal care
Antenatal care is a key entry point for a pregnant woman to receive a broad range of health promotion and preventive health services. This paper describes the focused antenatal care.
 

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.