Launch of Saving Lives, Protecting Futures: An Every Woman Every Child Progress Report
Posted on March 24, 2015 at 9:36 am
Almost five years since the strategy and subsequent Every Woman Every Child movement launched, this report provided the Secretary-General with ...
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Engagement and Education Can Reduce Intimate Partner Violence
Posted on March 24, 2015 at 4:37 am
This study assessed the effects of community engagement activities (CE) versus interactive group education (GE) on intimate partner violence (IPV) ...
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Social protection contributes to HIV prevention
Posted on March 24, 2015 at 4:32 am
Poverty alone is not necessarily a driver of HIV risk. It interacts with other structural factors – including mobility, social ...
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Barriers and facilitators to accessing skilled birth attendants in Afar region, Ethiopia
Posted on March 24, 2015 at 4:29 am
Abstract Objective to explore barriers and facilitators that enable women to access skilled birth attendance in Afar Region, Ethiopia. Design ...
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Use of maternal health services among adolescent women in Bangladesh
Posted on March 24, 2015 at 4:25 am
Twelve studies were included in this review. 11 used quantitative methods and one used a mixed methods approach. All studies ...
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Share-Net Expert Meeting GBV (9 December 2014) Presentations
Posted on March 12, 2015 at 10:49 am
Please find attached the report of the Expert Meeting on Gender Based Violence held December 9th, 2014 and the following ...
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Critical Maternal Health Knowledge Gaps in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for Post-2015: Researchers’ Perspectives
Posted on March 9, 2015 at 9:25 am
The Maternal Health Task Force is pleased to share a new addition to the Women and Health Initiative Working Paper ...
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Turning Promises Into Progress: Gender Equality And Rights For Women And Girls – Lessons Learnt And Actions Needed
Posted on March 9, 2015 at 9:17 am
2015 represents an important moment for gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights. It is twenty years since the landmark ...
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Addressing unmet need by expanding access to safe second trimester medical abortion services in Ethiopia, 2010 − 2014
Posted on March 9, 2015 at 4:21 am
Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the world (676 per 100 000) [1], to which ...
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Good clinical outcomes from a 7-year holistic programme of fistula repair in Guinea
Posted on March 9, 2015 at 4:19 am
Abstract Objectives Female genital fistula remains a public health concern in developing countries. From January 2007 to September 2013, the ...
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