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Falling Through the Gaps: Perinatal Mental Health and General Practice
Women who have depression or anxiety during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth are not having their needs recognized and not getting the support they need as a result.
This report uses survey data from women and GPs to find out why so few women…
What can Integrated Care Look Like? Areas for Exploration
Mary Mwanyika Sando moderated this panel discussion at the Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health Care technical meeting. This presentation provided an overview of the critical windows/opportunities where effectively integrated maternal and newborn…
The Value and Limitations of the Continuum of Care Framework
In his presentation at the Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health Care technical meeting, Sharad Iyengar outlined the advantages and disadvantages the continuum of care framework offers when planning, implementing and evaluating effective integration…
The Manoshi Project
The Manoshi project was implemented in 2007 to bring skilled care into the informal settlements of six major cities in Bangladesh, with a particular focus on women and children. Manoshi’s Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide high-quality ANC, delivery…
Postnatal Care in Nepal
In recent years, Nepal has implemented a variety of programs to improve access to and quality of PNC in the country. While these programs have been implemented by a variety of agencies, most have been run in partnership with the Government of Nepal and…