Lessons learned
- Generating political will for safe motherhood in Indonesia
- ( J. Shiffman / Social Science and Medicine , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- If the medical technology is available to prevent maternal deaths in childbirth, why have global maternal mortality levels not declined to any significant degree in the last decade? This paper, publis...
- Reducing maternal mortality: learning from Bolivia, China, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe
- ( World Bank , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This study, produced by the World Bank, reviews case studies of maternal health programmes in Bolivia, China, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica and Zimbabwe. Research was prompted by the question of...
- Basing newborn and maternal health policies on evidence
- ( Z.A. Bhutta / Family Care International , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, published in “Shaping policy for maternal and newborn health: a compendium of case studies”, presents findings from reviews of evidence on the impact of maternal and newborn health interve...
- Investing in maternal health: learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka
- ( I., Pathmanathan / Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- Malaysia and Sri Lanka are among the developing countries that have successfully reduced maternal mortality during the past few decades to levels comparable with those of many industrialised countries...
- Strategies for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries: what can we learn from the history of the industrialized West?
- ( V. De Brouwere; R. Tonglet; W. Van Lerberghe / Tropical Medicine & International Health , 1998)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from Tropical Medicine & International Health notes that after ten years of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, maternal mortality ratios in many developing countries remain similar to those of...
