The True Costs of Maternal Death: Individual Tragedy Impacts Family, Community and Nations
Posted on May 11, 2015 at 5:22 am
What happens when a mother dies? In the West, the most obvious answer is grief – the harrowing emotional and ...
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Improving Access to Maternal Health and Contraceptives: Pharmaceutical Companies’ Contribution to MDG 5
Posted on April 30, 2015 at 6:05 am
Every day, an estimated 800 women die during pregnancy and childbirth due to preventable causes – most of whom live ...
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The Quality of Care in Provision of Female Sterilization and IUD Services
Posted on April 28, 2015 at 6:01 am
In many communities around the world, women continue to lack access to quality family planning services that provide the information, ...
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WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates
Posted on April 28, 2015 at 5:17 am
Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections to be between 10-15%. Since then, ...
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Achieving respectful care for women and babies
Posted on April 28, 2015 at 5:01 am
April 11 is the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights, which aims to encourage rights-based, respectful care of women ...
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UNAIDS 2015: Biomedical AIDS Research: Recent and Upcoming Advances
Posted on April 20, 2015 at 5:52 am
The report is divided into an overview section that articulates the views of the Chair of the Scientific Expert Panel ...
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Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants
Posted on April 14, 2015 at 4:56 am
Abstract Background The use of a single national figure fails to capture the complex patterns and inequalities in early childbearing ...
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EuroNGOs Toolkit on Accountability for the post 2015
Posted on April 7, 2015 at 10:44 am
The new toolkit “Accountability for the post-2015 framework. A set of core resources for SRHR advocates worldwide” was launched. The toolkit ...
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Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) – WHO
Posted on April 7, 2015 at 10:24 am
FEBRUARY 2015 – The EPMM targets and strategies are grounded in a human rights approach to maternal and newborn health, ...
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights – the key to gender equality and women’s empowerment
Posted on April 7, 2015 at 10:05 am
The 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS will focus the world’s attention on the importance of a Fast-Track approach to ...
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