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By: Els Tieneke Rieke Katmo, PhD, Lecturer in Social Agribusiness, University of Papua. Els is a gender studies scholar with a doctorate from Flinders University, Australia and an MA from the University of Indonesia.; Jenny Munro, PhD, Senior Lecturer in…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: The USAID-funded Expanding Maternal and Neonatal Survival (EMAS) Program supports reductions in maternal and newborn mortality through improving facility-based…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Anemia prevalence has not changed in many regions over the last several decades. In Indonesia, the national prevalence of anemia among pregnant women declined…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 As Indonesia strives to meet its Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality by 75 percent by 2015, the maternal mortality rate increased in 2012 to 359 per…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background:  A stages-of-change model is available for evaluating facility-based kangaroo mother care (KMC) services. Implementation progress at facility- and country level…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: In the past 20 years, Indonesia has conducted in-service training for many providers, but training has not translated into improved outcomes. The USAID-funded…