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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, 13 October 2007>>Available in PDF
Summary: By Beth Fredrick (The Lancet, Vol. 370, No. 9595, October 13, 2007, 1295-1297). Discusses the actions that governments, donors, health practitioners, and civil society must take to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity related to unsafe abortion. -
Securing Maternal Health Through Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services: Lessons from BangladeshWritten By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 July 2007
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionWednesday, 20 June 2007
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionThursday, 10 May 2007
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 01 January 2007
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 01 January 2007
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionThursday, 07 September 2006
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 01 May 2006
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 18 October 2005
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 08 August 2005
By Adrienne Germain and Jennifer Kidwell
Monday Developments, August 8, 2005
Five years ago, the world’s governments defined eight Millennium Development Goals to inspire action and monitor progress on eliminating global poverty by 2015. They represent a vision for collaboration among all people committed to moral, as well as material, global progress.
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