More Power to Her: How Empowering Girls Can Help End Child Marriage
Posted on September 16, 2014 at 9:54 am
Every year, more than 14 million girls are married before their 18th birthday. Instead of playing and learning, child brides ...
Read MoreQuality of Care in Maternal and Child Health
Posted on September 16, 2014 at 9:06 am
The publication costs for this supplement were funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the ...
Read MoreMaternal and neonatal tetanus
Posted on September 16, 2014 at 9:04 am
Maternal and neonatal tetanus is still a substantial but preventable cause of mortality in many developing countries. Case fatality from ...
Read MoreMobile clinics for antiretroviral therapy in rural Mozambique
Posted on September 1, 2014 at 9:17 am
Problem Despite seven years of investment from the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the expansion of human immunodeficiency ...
Read MoreAudit-identified avoidable factors in maternal and perinatal deaths in low resource settings: a systematic review
Posted on September 1, 2014 at 9:12 am
Abstract Background Audits provide a rational framework for quality improvement by systematically assessing clinical practices against accepted standards with the ...
Read MoreDeterminants of health facility utilization for childbirth in rural western Kenya: cross-sectional study
Posted on September 1, 2014 at 9:09 am
Abstract Background Skilled attendance at delivery is recognized as one of the most important factors in preventing maternal death. However, ...
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Basic Maternal and Newborn Care Learning Resource Package
Posted on September 1, 2014 at 6:22 am
This learning resource package is intended for use by skilled providers (including midwives, doctors and nurses)—working in low-resource settings at ...
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Counselling for maternal and newborn health care: a handbook for building skills
Posted on September 1, 2014 at 6:14 am
Overview The main aim of this MNH Counselling Handbook is to strengthen counselling and communication skills of health providers including ...
Read MoreVoices against violence: handbook for group leaders.
Posted on August 28, 2014 at 11:11 am
The activities in this curriculum have been developed for Girl Guides and Girl Scout groups, youth organizations, schools and other ...
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Improving the health of women and adolescents: an unfinished agenda
Posted on August 28, 2014 at 10:47 am
This paper examines progress in the areas of women’s health and mortality that were at the centre of the ICPD ...
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