Recommended reading

Mobility and health: the impact of transport provision on direct and proximate determinants of access to health services: ( K. Molesworth / Swiss Tropical Institute , 2005); Recommended reading; The role of mobility and transport in public health remains neglected both in terms of research and inclusion in development agendas. This paper examines the relationship between mobility and access t...
Maternal and child mortality development goals: what can the transport sector do?: ( J. Babinard;P. Roberts / World Bank , 2006); This report published by the World Bank focuses on the role of transport and road infrastructure in the delivery of and access to maternal and child health services, and in the effectiveness of the he...
Health issues in transport and the implications for policy: ( A. Downing;D. Sethi / Department for International Development, UK , 2001); This paper produced by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) reviews current literature on the relationship between health and transport and poor communities. In particular, it focuse...
Transport, (im)mobility and spatial poverty traps: issues for rural women and girl children in sub-Saharan Africa: ( G. Porter / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007); This paper produced for a conference at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) reflects on the experiences of women and girls with poor accessibility to services and markets, and inadequate transpor...
Too far to walk: maternal mortality in context: ( S. Thaddeus; D. Maine / Social Science and Medicine , 1994); Recommended reading; This paper, published in Social Science and Medicine, reviews the Prevention of Maternal Mortality Program, a collaboration between Columbia University's Center for Population and Family Health and mu...
Report of the summative evaluation of the essential obstetric care project in Mpongwe, Masaiti and Lufwanyama: ( J. Alwar;V. Mtonga;B. Sikatoye / United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2000); This document reports on a UNICEF project aimed at reducing maternal mortality in three rural districts in Zambia. The strategy adopted was to improve the quality of obstetric care at primary level he...
Posting of trained birthing attendants: a comparison of home- and facility based obstetric care: ( Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh , 2005); This article, published in Health and Science Bulletin, reports on a study conducted between 1987 and 2001 in Matlab, Bangladesh, where both home- and facility-based obstetric care approaches have ...
Use of antenatal services and delivery care among women in rural western Kenya: a community based survey: ( A. M. van Eijk;H. M. Bles;F. Odhiambo / Reproductive Health , 2006); This survey, published in Reproductive Health, assesses use of antenatal services and delivery care among women who had recently delivered in rural Kenya. Results showed that ninety percent of women h...
Making motherhood safer: overcoming obstacles on the pathway to care: ( E. I. Ransom; N. V. Yinger / Population Reference Bureau , 2002); Recommended reading; If motherhood is celebrated around the world, the path to becoming a mother can be a very dangerous one indeed. Half a million women die each year of pregnancy and/or childbirth-related causes. Ninety...
Preventing fistula: transport’s role in empowering communities for health in Ethiopia: ( C. Hamlin / World Bank , 2004); This World Bank mission report addresses the role of transport in preventing obstetric fistula caused by obstructed labour, and providing emergency access to health services in Ethiopia. It argues tha...
Indigenous women working towards improved maternal health: Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia: ( E. Riddell / Health Unlimited , 2006); This Health Unlimited paper summarises a report which identifies the barriers that indigenous women face in accessing publicly provided maternal health services in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. The p...
Challenges to women's reproductive health: maternal mortality: ( Z. Oxaal;S. Baden / BRIDGE , 1996); Why, despite continual technological and medical advance, do one out of every fifty women in developing countries still die in pregnancy and childbirth? This paper explains how socio-economic, cult...
Coping with the burden of the costs of maternal health: ( J. Borghi;T. Ensor;B. D. Neupane;S. Tiwari / Nepal Safer Motherhood Project , 2004); This paper, from the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project, funded by DFID, examines the costs associated with maternal health seeking behaviour in Nepal. The study is based on a survey of women who rec...
Balancing the load: women, gender and transport: ( P. Fernando;G. Porter / International Forum for Rural Transport and Development , 2002); This book draws together local level research from 15 countries across Asia and Africa, to help understand how gender affects men and women's access to transport, and what steps can be taken at com...
Emergency obstetric care in Pakistan: potential for reduced maternal mortality through improved basic EmOC facilities, services, and access: ( M. Ali;M. Hotta;C. Kuroiwa;H. Ushijima / Elsevier Science , 2005); This article in the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, assesses the provision, use and quality of Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) at public health centres in Pakistan’s Pubjab ...
Transport for health care delivery: ( W. Hall;D. du Plessisii;D. McCoyi / Health Systems Trust, South Africa , 2002); This chapter, in the South African Health Review, explores some of the complexities of the present transport management systems for health service delivery within the public sector in South Africa. Da...
Availability and use of emergency obstetric services: Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan and Uganda: ( L. Pearson;R. Shoo / Elsevier Science , 2005); This article, published in the International journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, assesses the availability and utilisation of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in Uganda, Kenya, Southern Sudan, and R...
Birth preparedness for maternal health: findings from Koupela district, Burkina Faso: ( A. C. Moran;G. Sangli;R. Dineen / International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh , 2006); This paper assesses the impact of birth-preparedness and complication readiness on the use of skilled providers at birth, a key intervention to decrease maternal mortality. It is based on a study of a...
Emergency obstetric care: the key to further reducing maternal mortality in Sri Lanka: ( P. C. Gunasekera;P. S. Wijesinghe;I. M. R. Goonewardene / World Health Organization , 2002); This paper, in the South East Asia Regional Health Forum, discusses ways of reducing maternal mortality in Sri Lanka. Whilst the maternal mortality rate in Sri Lanka compares favourably with that o...
Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile?: ( J. A. Razzak;A. L. Kellermann / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2002); This paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) reviews evidence indicating the need to develop and/or strengthen emergency medical care systems in developing countries. It looks at emergency medi...
The road to health: ( K. Molesworth / International Forum for Rural Transport and Development , 2002); This article, published in Forum News, looks at issues relating to the accessibility of health and reproductive services in rural Nepal and the effects of road construction in improving access these s...
Overcoming barriers to health service access and influencing the demand side through purchasing: ( T. Ensor;S. Cooper / World Bank , 2004); This study, from the Health, Nutrition and Population family of the World Bank, reviews literature on demand barriers to accessing health services and surveys studies that report and evaluate methods ...
Maternal mortality in the rural Gambia: a qualitative study on access to emergency obstetric care: ( M. Cham; J. Sundby; S. Vangen / BioMed Central , 2005); Recommended reading; This article, published in the journal Reproductive Health, reports on a study into socio-cultural and health service factors associated with maternal deaths in rural Gambia. Interviews with healthcar...
Report on current situation in the health sector of Ghana and possible roles of appropriate transport technology and transport related communication interventions: ( J. Heyen-Perschon / Institute for Transportation and Development Policy , 2005); This report, by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, provides data on the health sector in Ghana, with an overview of health trends and health and transport policies the country. I...
Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works: ( O. M. Campbell;W. J. Graham / The Lancet , 2006); This Lancet paper is the second in a series of articles on maternal survival. It examines different strategies to reduce maternal mortality. These include single interventions close to a life-threaten...