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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Promoting contraceptive use immediately after birth is considered an important family planning (FP) programmatic strategy. The integration of FP and maternal and…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 This presentation will discuss lessons for evaluators from a project titled, “Building Health Equity in China through Evaluation Capacity Building.” This paper…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Despite the focus on stillbirth that was well developed in the Lancet Stillbirth Series 2011, there has not been much specific action on how to achieve…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Stillbirths were not tracked under the Millennium Development Goals, and progress in reducing stillbirths is slower than that for maternal or neonatal deaths,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Over the last 50 years, global attention on women’s health has transitioned from a focus on children and mothers as their biological and social caregivers; an emphasis on the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: The most recent Demographic Health Survey (2008/9) showed a neonatal mortality rate (NMR) of 24/1000 live births and a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 498 per…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 In 2014, the Foundation commissioned the Public Health Institute to evaluate the grants it had made to increase community-based access to misoprostol for postpartum…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: India has made progress in reducing maternal mortality by increasing access to maternal health care. Institutional delivery rate continues to increase but will be…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: The Supporting Access to Family Planning and Post-Abortion Care (SAFPAC) initiative, led by CARE, supports local governments to provide high-quality post-abortion…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Incomplete abortion is a global maternal health challenge and its complications contribute significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria and other…