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By: Dr. Sara Nam, Technical Consultant, Options Consultancy Services; Patricia Doherty, Assistant Technical Director, Options Consultancy Services It is well known that women who have a positive experience with family planning (FP) and sexual and…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Bangladesh has achieved MDG4 and is on track to achieve MDG5. ; post-neonatal mortality declined by 78% between 1990 and 2014, however the reduction in neonatal…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background:   Routine delivery care practices at facilities are indicators of quality of care. India has promoted facility births through the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: While donors commonly introduce innovative practices and technologies to improve health in low-income settings many innovations that are found to be effective are…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Skilled birth attendance is acknowledged as a key strategy to reduce maternal deaths. This intervention has, however, had mixed results in different programmatic…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Methods: In a comprehensive, systematic assessment of RMNCH over the last decade, data from 11 nationally representative surveys on population health, nutrition,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Antenatal care (ANC) is critical for improving reproductive health and ending preventable maternal deaths. WHO recommends that pregnant women complete at least…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Existing methods for measurement of maternal death in India give only aggregate maternal mortality ratios and do not provide information on who the women dying…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 In India, maternal death review provides detailed information on various factors at community and facility levels that influence maternal health outcomes. A key challenge is…