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  Brief on the global campaign to engage men as caregiving partners to promote better maternal health and sexual and reproductive health, reduce gender-based violence and promote child development and economic empowerment for women

  Promundo, 2012

  Of all the topics discussed in engaging men in gender equality, the issue of men and caregiving, including men’s involvement in maternal health, remains conspicuously absent and underexplored.
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  Targeting poverty and gender inequality to improve maternal health

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010

  Hundreds of thousands of women die every year in childbirth or from pregnancy-related causes. Virtually all of these maternal deaths occur in poor countries. In order to reduce maternal deaths and improve the overall life chances of poor mothers, policy and programs must address poverty and gender inequality, two inter-related, root causes of maternal death.
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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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  National Nutrition Policy and Strategic Plan 2007-2012

  2012

  Having noted that the Food Security and Nutrition Policy of 1990 and other development policies that contain elements of nutrition did not give adequate attention to nutrition programmes and services the Government developed the National Nutrition Policy.
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  First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children

  New England Journal of Medicine, 2011

  Malaria continues to pose a major public health threat in Africa. A study of the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of candidate malaria vaccine (RTS,S/AS01) is being conducted in 7 African countries. This paper reports the initial results of phase 3 trial of that study.
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  Malaria in pregnancy in the Asia-Pacific region

  The Lancet, 2012

  This paper summarises both published and unpublished data on malaria in pregnancy in 20 Asian-pacific countries, highlighting the treatment and prevention side. The paper finds that:
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  How do village women determine foetal status and foetal pose in Malawi?

  Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2010

  In Malawi, 80% of the population lives within 8 km radius of a health care facility. However, most facilities lack drugs, personnel and laboratory equipment. Due to poverty, people cannot afford private hospital services, hence resort to home-based healthcare. There is a lack of information on how pregnancy-related issues are managed at home.
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  Using mobile finance to reimburse sexual and reproductive health vouchers in Madagascar

  Marie Stopes International, 2011

  This case study presents programmatic lessons from Marie Stopes Madagascar’s integration of a mobile phone SMS money transfer system and voucher programme. In October 2010, Marie Stopes Madagascar established a voucher programme to offer clients subsidised family planning services made available at Marie Stopes social franchisee centres.
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  Equipping parents and health providers to address the psychological and social challenges of caring for children living with HIV in Africa: an AIDSTAR-One activity final report

  USA Agency for International Development, 2011

  “Equipping parents and health providers to address the psychological and social challenges of caring for children living with HIV” is a USAID activity. It is sought to better understand the psychological and social challenges faced by perinatally-infected children aged 0 to 12 years in Africa, their parents / caregivers, and their health providers.
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  A strategic assessment of unsafe abortion in Malawi

  Reproductive Health Matters, 2011

  As part of efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 – to reduce maternal mortality by 75% and achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015 – the Malawi Ministry of Health conducted a strategic assessment of unsafe abortion in Malawi.

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