Véronique Filippi, Carine Ronsmans, Oona M. R. Campbell, Wendy Graham et al.
In this paper, we take a broad perspective on maternal health and place it in its wider context. We draw attention to the economic and social vulnerability of pregnant women, and stress the importance of concomitant broader strategies, including poverty reduction and women's empowerment. We also con...
José Martines, Vinod K. Paul, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Marjorie A. Koblinsky et al.
To achieve the Millennium Development Goal for child survival (MDG-4), neonatal deaths need to be prevented. Previous papers in this series have presented the size of the problem, discussed cost-effective interventions, and outlined a systematic approach to overcoming health-system constraints to sc...
Marjorie A. Koblinsky, Oona M. R. Campbell, J. Heichelheim
The various means of delivering essential obstetric services are described for settings in which the maternal mortality ratio is relatively low. This review yields four basic models of care, which are best described by organizational characteristics relating to where women give birth and who perform...
Lynn Sibley, Daniel J. Hruschka, Nahid Kalim, Jasmin Khan et al.
Early recognition can reduce maternal disability and deaths due to postpartum haemorrhage. This study identified cultural theories of postpartum bleeding that may lead to inappropriate recognition and delayed care-seeking. Qualitative and quantitative data obtained through structured interviews with...
Ruth Simmons, Marjorie A. Koblinsky, James F. Phillips
Client relations constitute a neglected area of research in family planning. Findings from studies in northern India and Bangladesh reveal considerable variation in both the quantity and quality of contacts in programs that function under roughly comparable socioeconomic conditions. Client relations...
Marjorie A. Koblinsky, Susan Brechin, S.D. Clark, M. Yousuf Hasan
The Maternal-Child Health/Family Planning (MCH/FP) Extension Project in Bangladesh identifies and examines barriers to implementation of the national MCH/FP program, and determines strategies to overcome them. This study analyzes field-workers' ability to carry out more tasks than they do presently,...
James F. Phillips, Mian Bazle Hossain, Marjorie A. Koblinsky
Early use-effectiveness analyses showed that contraceptive use durations were significantly extended if the option to switch methods was available. This chapter analyses the contraceptive decision-making effects of a project aimed at improving the quality and intensity of contraceptive care in the B...
Iqbal Anwar, Mojgan Sami, N Akhtar, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury et al.
Introduction Bangladesh is committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) that specifies a 75% reduction in the maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and 2015. (1) The global community has selected the proportion of deliveries with a skilled birth attendant (SBA) as an indicator to ...
Iqbal Anwar, Mojgan Sami, N Akhtar, ME Chowdhury et al.
Ruth Simmons, Marjorie A. Koblinsky, James E. Phillips
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Mohd Nazri Abdul Rahman, Marjorie A. Koblinsky, Phillips Jf, Ruth Simmons et al.
This document describes the design and purpose of a clients survey which was to begin in September 1983 in Bangladesh. Its goal was to provide baseline information about client-worker interactions prior to any International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR) interventions. Specifically th...