POLICYMAKING TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

MDG 5: Improve maternal health

“Countries with intermediate levels of mortality should aim to achieve by the year 2005 a maternal mortality rate below 100 per 100,000 live births and by the year 2015 a maternal mortality rate below 60 per 100,000 live births. Countries with the highest levels of mortality should aim to achieve by 2005 a maternal mortality rate below 125 per 100,000 live births and by 2015 a maternal mortalit...

Repository on maternal child health: Health portal to improve access to information on maternal child health in India

BACKGROUND Quality and essential health information is considered one of the most cost-effective interventions to improve health for a developing country. Healthcare portals have revolutionalized access to health information and knowledge using the Internet and related technologies, but their usage is far from satisfactory in India. This article describes a health portal developed in India aime...

Postpartum period: an opportunity to improve maternal metabolic health

Building evidence to improve maternal and child health

www.thelancet.com Vol 387 January 9, 2016 105 Giving children the best possible start in life is crucial to reduce health disparities. One of the UK Government’s eff orts to support young children has been to adapt and assess the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP), a programme of prenatal and early childhood home visiting for vulnerable fi rst-time mothers and their children. In The Lancet, Michael...

Maternal nutrition interventions to improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes.

Maternal undernutrition affects a large proportion of women in many developing countries, but has received little attention as an important determinant of poor maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) outcomes such as intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth (PTB), and maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. We recently evaluated the scientific evidence on the effects of maternal n...