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Searching with a thematic focus on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Health in Bangladesh

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  Impact of maternal and child health private: expenditure on poverty and inequity in Bangladesh

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  Bangladesh has made substantial progress since the 1970s in expanding the coverage of maternal healthcare services, yet maternal mortality remains high, as available but limited data suggest.
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  Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Programmes in Bangladesh Review of good practices and lessons learned

  BRAC Education Programme, 2007

  This review is based on secondary data on MNCH interventions, and face-to-face interviews with key informants from different organizations implementing MNCH programmes. Both published and unpublished materials for the last ten years were selected which include materials on relevant health systems and interventions in the public and private sectors.
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  Newborn care practices by the mother / care givers’ and their knowledge about signs of sickness of neonates

  Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011

  Despite proven cost effective intervention, there has been little change in neonatal mortality. In Bangladesh neonatal mortality accounts for two third of infants death. About 90% deliveries take place in home and majority of neonatal death are taking place within 7 days of birth.
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  Community-Based Distribution of Misoprostol for the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Evaluation of a Pilot Intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh

  US Agency for International Development, 2011

  Misoprostol is a proven uterotonic that is increasingly used in clinical and home delivery settings to prevent and manage Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH). Misoprostol tablets are inexpensive, are easy to store (they do not need refrigeration), are stable under field conditions, and have an excellent safety profile. In addition, misoprostol does not re quire a skilled service provider.
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  Low birth weight in offspring of women with depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: results from a population based study in Bangladesh

  BMC Public Health, 2010

  This study provides evidence that maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy predict the LBW of newborns and replicates results found in other South Asian countries.
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  Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study

  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2011

  Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ultra poor women. Understanding the context in which women would be willing to accept new practices is essential for developing realistic and relevant behaviour change messages.
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  Factors associated with teenage marital pregnancy among Bangladeshi women

  Reproductive Health, 2011

  Teenage pregnancy is a public health concern both in developed and developing world. In Bangladesh, most of the first pregnancies occur immediately after marriage, especially among teenagers. Although women aged 15-29 years are the most fertility contributing women in Bangladesh, studies are not yet conducted on teenage pregnancy within this group of women.
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  Voice and Accountability: The Role of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Committee

  BRAC Education Programme, 2011

  The study aims to explore how the MNCH committee encouraged community participation and how its communication activities empowered the community people to ensure the healthcare needs of the poor and disadvantaged people. A range of qualitative method was used in the study.
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  Women and Children First (UK)

  Advocacy and research organisation working to improve maternal and newborn health.
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  Good practice guide: community mobilisation through women’s groups to improve the health of mothers and babies

  Women and Children First (UK), 2011

  This good practice guide, based on the experience of a project in India and Bangladesh called Saving Mothers and Children, describes an approach that has the potential to reduce maternal and newborn deaths, and to address other health problems.

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