during childbirth JP Vogel, MA Bohren, Ӧ Tunc alp, OT Oladapo, AM G€ ulmezoglu a UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland b Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Indicators of family care for development are essential for ascertaining whether families are providing their children with an environment that leads to positive developmental outcomes. This project aimed to develop indicators from a set of items, measuring family care practices and resources important for caregiving, for use in epidemiologic surveys in developing countries. A mixed method (qua...

The Project began consultations and planning with state and district officials in 2007 and helped GOJH to implement the SBA training programme in 2008 in a pilot initiative in Deoghar district. Based on the evidence of improved knowledge and practice of SBA skills and increasing institutional deliveries in Deoghar, GOJH decided to scale up the intervention in all 24 districts of the state in 20...

Acknowledgement The editors wish to thank Susan Bissell of UNICEF for giving permission for this e-book to be published and for kindly contributing the Foreword.