Ban, Ki-moon | 2010
- Author(s): Ban, Ki-moon
- Publisher: [United nations]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health policy, health programmes, maternal and child health, maternal health services
The focus of this document is on scaling up and prioritizing a package of high-impact interventions, strengthening health systems, and integrating efforts across diseases and sectors such as health, education, water, sanitation and nutrition.
Banerjee, Sushanta K. and Anderson Clark, Kathryn and Warvadekar, Janardan | cop. 2009
- Author(s): Banerjee, Sushanta K. and Anderson Clark, Kathryn and Warvadekar, Janardan
- Publisher: Ipas India [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal health services, abortion, maternal welfare, evaluation, nongovernmental organizations, rural areas, india
The study attempted to explore access to medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) services, quality of service provision, and knowledge and attitudes of health care providers towards abortion issues. The percentage of rural facilities providing regular MTP services increased substantially.
Bangser, Maggie | cop. 2011
- Author(s): Bangser, Maggie
- Publisher: EngenderHealth. Fistula care
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal health services, mobile telecommunication services, health information, maternal welfare, transport, kenya, tanzania
Major barriers that women face in accessing fistula repair services is the cost of transport and a lack of information about treatment options and costs. This project uses a combination of mobile banking, public information, and free treatment in order to give women access to fistula repair.
Barnett, Sarah | 2008
- Author(s): Barnett, Sarah
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health policy, maternal mortality, rural areas, india
This low cost informant surveillance system produced high, but plausible birth and death rates in a remote population in India. This method could be used to monitor trends in maternal mortality and to test the impact of interventions and can assist policy makers in making evidence-based decisions.
Barros, Fernando C. | 2010
- Author(s): Barros, Fernando C.
- Publisher: American public health association (APHA)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal welfare, maternal and child health, maternal health services, brazil
This article is about Brazil’s successes and remaining challenges to reach and surpass Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. According to the authors they can provide important lessons for other low- and middle-income countries.