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

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  Community health workers monitor neonatal health in Bangladesh

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2009

  Four million babies die each year in their first four weeks of life. Better neonatal survival requires cost-effective action at the community level and good links with the healthcare system. Trained community health workers could spot the danger signs that signal a baby’s need for hospital treatment.
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  Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium

  Towards 4+5 was a five year research programme  on maternal and newborn health.
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  How to end child marriage: action strategies for prevention and protection

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007

  Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these girls are often subjected to domestic violence, sexual abuse and social isolation.
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  Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Bangladesh creates policies regarding health and family planning.
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  Relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic childhood under-nutrition in Bangladesh

  2006

  This paper, published in the International Journal of Equity in Health, examines the relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic child under-nutrition. The paper finds that 43 per cent of Bangladeshi children aged between 0 and 5 years have failed to grow to normal heights for their age.
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  The effects of birth spacing on infant and child mortality, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal morbidity and mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh

  Labour and Population Program, Rand, 2004

  This working paper, published by RAND, examines how the length of time between births affects the risk of illness or death of mothers and children. It finds that when there is an interval of less than three years between two births by the same mother, the risks of newborn and child mortality are significantly higher than for intervals of three to five years.
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  Maintaining momentum to 2015?: an impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh

  World Bank, 2005

  This World Bank report examines the impacts of donor-supported programmes for maternal and child health, nutrition, and fertility in Bangladesh. It reports that under-five mortality has been reduced substantially since the 1990s, but malnutrition remains high. The gap between rich and poor in child mortality is also narrowing.
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  Improving adolescent reproductive health in Bangladesh

  Population Council, USA, 2004

  Produced by the Population Council, this paper reports on a research project in Bangladesh which aimed to improve adolescent reproductive health. The study was carried out in two urban intervention sites, with a further site as a control.
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  Impact of working time on children’s health

  Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004

  This working paper examines the relationship between the intensity of children’s work in terms of weekly working hours and children’s health outcomes. It also includes an analysis of the sector of work.
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  Into good hands: progress reports from the field (a companion to the Maternal Mortality Update 2004)

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This booklet, a companion to the Maternal Mortality Update 2004, documents research and interventions to improve skilled care at birth throughout the developing world.

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