Maternal and Child Survival : Findings from Five Countries Experience in Addressing Maternal and Child Health Challenges

• Main Authors: Cortez, Rafael, Saadat, Seemeen, Chowdhury, Sadia, Sarker, Intissar
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
• Subjects: ABORTION; ACCESS TO EDUCATION; ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ADOLESCENTS; AGED; BASIC EDUCATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOUR CHANGE; BIRTH ATTENDANTS; BIRTH RATES; CARE FOR CHILDREN; CENSUSES; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL; CHILDBEARING; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASES; CLINICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY CARE; DELIVERY OF FAMILY PLANNING; DEMAND FOR SERVICES; DEPENDENCY RATIO; DIPHTHERIA; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATED WOMEN; EDUCATION FOR GIRLS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPOWERING WOMEN; EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE EDUCATION; FEMALE LITERACY; GENDER INEQUALITY; GENDER PARITY; GENDER PARITY INDEX; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROSS NATIONAL INCOME; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH FOR ALL; HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; HEALTH MANAGEMENT; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SECTOR; HEALTH SYSTEM; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTHY MOTHER; HEPATITIS B; HIV; HOME VISITS; HOSPITALS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYGIENE; ILLNESS; ILLNESSES; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATIONS; INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS; INEQUITIES; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFERTILITY; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION; INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION; IRON; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MARKET; LAWS; LEADING CAUSES; LIVE BIRTHS; LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; MALARIA; MANDATES; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL DEATHS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY DATA; MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO; MEASLES; MEASLES IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDWIVES; MIGRATION; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; MINISTRIES OF HEALTH; MINISTRY OF HEALTH; MOBILE CLINICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; MOTHER; MOTHER TO CHILD; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS; NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY; NATIONAL PLAN; NATIONAL POPULATION; NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY; NEO-NATAL MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN HEALTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF WOMEN; PLAN OF ACTION; POLIO; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICAL CLIMATE; POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION CONCERNS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION ISSUES; POST-ABORTION; POST-ABORTION CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY SCHOOLING; PROGRESS; PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF CARE; REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY; REGIONAL STRATEGIES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREAS; RURAL POPULATIONS; RURAL WOMEN; SAFE MOTHERHOOD; SCHOOL CHILDREN; SCHOOL HEALTH; SCREENING; SECONDARY ENROLMENT; SERVICE DELIVERY; SERVICE PROVIDERS; SERVICE PROVISION; SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS; SERVICES TO WOMEN; SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS; SMALLER FAMILIES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL SECTOR; SOCIAL SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERTIARY LEVEL; TETANUS; TRADITIONAL PRACTICES; TRANSPORTATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNFPA; UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND; UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES; URBAN POPULATIONS; USER FEES; VACCINATION; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WHOOPING COUGH; WOMAN; WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE; WORKERS; WORKING-AGE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Considerable progress has been made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 1990. Although advances in improving MDG 4 and MDG 5a (reducing child and maternal mortality, respectively) have been made, progress is some countries have been insufficient. While some count...