Management of health programmes: Reproductive Health
For higher level managers
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Policy brief on Birth Spacing – Report from a World Health Organization Technical Consultation
2006, WHODepartment of Reproductive Health and Research and Department of Making Pregnancy Safer
After a live birth, the recommended interval before attempting the next pregnancy is at least 24 months in order to reduce the risk of adverse maternal, perinatal and infant outcomes.
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Meeting Millennium Development Goals: Using National Health Accounts to Understand Reproductive Health Financing
pdf, 473kb
Partners for Health Reform, 2005
Health accounts; reproductive health sub-analysis; contributing to policies; indicators; analysing the sub-analysis
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Measuring maternal mortality: An overview of opportunities and options for developing countries
WJ Graham,2, S Ahmed, C Stanton, CL Abou-Zahr and OMR Campbell, 2008, BMC Medicine 2008, 6:12 There are significant recent advances in the measurement of maternal mortality, yet also room for further improvement, particularly in assessing the magnitude and direction of biases and their implications for different data uses. Some of the innovations in measurement provide efficient mechanisms for gathering the requisite primary data at a reasonably low cost. No method, however, has zero costs. Investment is needed in measurement strategies for maternal mortality suited to the needs and resources of a country, and which also strengthen the technical capacity to generate and use credible estimates.
(8 pages, pdf 277kb) -
Rehabilitating the Workforce: the key to scaling up MNCH
WHO, World Health Reoort 2005 Policy Brief
Planned expansion of the workforce; rehabilitate productivity and morale; confront the remuneration issue; HR a matter of national importance;
(4 pages, pdf 500kb)
En français: Améliorer le sort du personnel : l’élément clé pour développer les soins aux mères, aux nouveau-nés et aux enfants -
Achieving Skilled Attendance for All; A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Recommended Actions for Scaling Up
Sandra MacDonagh, 2005, UK DFID
Critical steps; developing and empowering skilled attendants; creating an enabling environment for skilled attendance; approaches to enable change; commitment to equity and human rights; information gaps.
(40 pages, pdf 282kb)