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Every year, nearly half a million women die and untold numbers suffer temporary or long-term disabilities from preventable pregnancy-related causes. Many maternal health advocates focus only on maternity care-antenatal care, skilled attendance at delivery, and emergency obstetric services. These are clearly critical services, but maternity care is just one element of the comprehensive sexual and reproductive rights and health package.
Our resources on maternal health emphasize the comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services, and include articles and factsheets that lay the foundation for improving policy and health systems.
Browse our resources on maternal health below, or use the search for a specific topic.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 01 January 1994
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Summary: By Adrienne Germain and AnibalFaundes (Challenges in Reproductive Health Research: Biennial Report1992-1993, edited by J. Khanna, P.F.A. Van Look and P.D. Griffin,Geneva: World Health Organization, 1994). Invited chapter in report ofUNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Developmentand Research Training in Human Reproduction describing the need for andbenefits of including women as decision makers in the development anddelivery of reproductive health technology (7 pages).
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 August 1993
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Summary: By Ruth Dixon-Mueller (Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1993, New York: Population Council). Literature review commissioned by IWHC and the Working Group on Sexuality and Gender (IWHC and the Population Council). Explores the importance of sexuality and gender-based power relations to reproductive health policies and programs (13 pages).
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Declaration of the International Symposium on Contraceptive Research and Development for the Year 20Written By International Women's Health CoalitionFriday, 01 January 1993
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionFriday, 01 January 1993
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 01 May 1989
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 January 1989
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionThursday, 26 April 2012Universal access to reproductive health is vital to the effective implementation of population, health and development policies and to the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This IWHC brief describes in practical terms the justification for and components of the essential policy and program package.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionThursday, 15 October 2009
Every year, more than half a million women die and untold numbers suffer temporary or long-term disabilities from preventable pregnancy-related causes. Five complications account for the majority of maternal deaths worldwide. Read more in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 28 October 2008
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 22 January 2008>>Available in PDF
>>Also available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish
Safe abortion—the termination of a pregnancy by trained health care providers using correct, sanitary technique and proper equipment—is a simple, lifesaving health service. Nonetheless, of the 42 million induced abortions each year, an estimated 20 million are unsafe and 97% of those occur in developing countries. Every year, nearly 70,000 women die unnecessarily from the complications of unsafe abortions, and countless more suffer infections, infertility, and debilitating injuries.
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