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  Emergency obstetric care: the key to further reducing maternal mortality in Sri Lanka

  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 of other countries in the region, much more can be done to bring down this rate further.
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  Emergency obstetric care in Pakistan: potential for reduced maternal mortality through improved basic EmOC facilities, services, and access

  Elsevier, 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 and Northwest Frontier Provinces (NWFP).
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  Transport, (im)mobility and spatial poverty traps: issues for rural women and girl children in sub-Saharan Africa

  Overseas Development Institute, 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 transport in rural sub-Saharan Africa. It uses examples from field research to look at the impact of these factors on girl’s education before going to examine access to health services.
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  Transport for health care delivery

  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. Data is provided by case studies from three provinces in the country: Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng.
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  Overcoming barriers to health service access and influencing the demand side through purchasing

  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 for overcoming these barriers.
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  Maternal and child mortality development goals: what can the transport sector do?

  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 health referral process in developing countries.
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  The road to health

  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 services. It finds that the provision of roads has led to an overall increase in the use of regional facilities; however this trend has varied markedly between communities.
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  Report on current situation in the health sector of Ghana and possible roles of appropriate transport technology and transport related communication interventions

  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. It shows that Ghana has developed a comprehensive transport policy for regional, district, sub-district and community levels of health care.
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  Report of the summative evaluation of the essential obstetric care project in Mpongwe, Masaiti and Lufwanyama

  United Nations 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 health facilities and ensure supportive complementary care at second and tertiary level referral hospitals.
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  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 been implemented. It examines whether a home-based approach to professional birth attendance is associated with a more equitable utilisation pattern than a facility-based approach.

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