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Tag: maternal health

Traditional beliefs and practices in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum: A review of the evidence from Asian countries

Posted on December 8, 2017August 25, 2018
According to researchers, Asian women suffer the largest proportion of the world’s maternal deaths, and low rates of maternal health care utilization to access services persist. To better understand maternal health in Asia,... read more →

Assessing value-for-money in maternal and newborn health

Posted on July 28, 2017August 25, 2018
In this BMJ Global Health article, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine Shubha Kumar and co-authors review value-for-money components and methods for maternal and newborn health interventions. (more…)... read more →

Maternal, child health findings disseminated in The Gambia

Posted on January 18, 2016August 21, 2018
Professor Laura Ferguson disseminated baseline evaluation findings for her ongoing project with the World Bank in December. (more…)... read more →

The Gambia – Impact Evaluation Baseline Report: Maternal Health and Nutrition

Posted on December 31, 2015August 21, 2018
The government of The Gambia is implementing the Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Results Project to increase the use of community nutrition and primary maternal and child health services. In collaboration with the gov... read more →

Project continues towards improving The Gambia’s national health monitoring

Posted on August 20, 2015August 21, 2018
Dr. Laura Ferguson visited The Gambia this month as part of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights' ongoing Maternal and Child Nutritional and Health Results Project with the World Bank. She provided technical suppor... read more →

Dr. Ferguson assisting monitoring and evaluation in The Gambia

Posted on June 23, 2015January 5, 2016
This month Professor Laura Ferguson traveled to The Gambia to continue her ongoing work with the World Bank focused on maternal and child nutrition and health. The primary purpose of this trip was to assist the monitoring and... read more →

Incorporating Human Rights Principles in Health Programming

Posted on March 1, 2015August 21, 2018
Despite impressive work to integrate human rights norms at the international and national policy levels, very little rigorous and documented research exists focusing on the field-level application of a Human Rights-Based Appr... read more →

Baseline Survey Report – The Gambia: Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Results Project

Posted on February 16, 2015August 21, 2018
Indicators of maternal and child nutrition and health in The Gambia highlight significant room for improvement, especially among people living in rural areas where poverty rates are high. The poor performance of the health se... read more →

Applying Human Rights-Based Approaches to Public Health: Lessons Learned from Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programs

Posted on January 1, 2015August 21, 2018
The application of human rights norms at the national policy level is largely codified, but rigorous research on the field-level application of a human rights based approach (HRBA) to health programs is still in its infancy.... read more →

PMNCH Knowledge Summary #34 Operationalizing human rights in efforts to improve health

Posted on January 1, 2015August 21, 2018
"Preventable maternal, child and adolescent mortality and morbidity remain high in many countries, and reflect deep inequities within and across population groups.1,2Systematic integration of international human rights standa... read more →

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