Uganda: Family planning champion changing lives in Mityana
Posted onSexual and reproductive health services utilization by female sex workers is context-specific: Results from a cross-sectional survey in India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa
Posted onThe evolution of socioeconomic status-related inequalities in maternal health care utilization: Evidence from Zimbabwe, 1994–2011
Posted onMisoprostol for Postpartum Hemorrhage: Empowering Health Workers to Save Lives
Posted onIn Senegal, approximately 1,800 women lose their lives every year while giving birth. The major cause of these deaths is uncontrolled bleeding after childbirth, or postpartum hemorrhage. Many women give birth, attended by matrones or volunteer birth attendants, in maternity huts. Senegal’s National Health Plan now officially recognizes matrones as a cadre of health provider in the country’s health system and the critical role they play in providing care at the community level…read more
Making People-Centered Health Services a Reality in Zambia
Posted onLike many countries, Zambia struggled for years to improve skilled birth attendance; Recently, however, some rural districts have performed much better. Zambia has moved to make people-centered health services a reality by using maternal health as an entry point for creating a more responsive health system…read more
Family planning for HIV-positive girls and young women
Posted on“If You Are Alive Today, Thank a Midwife”: How Mobile Phones Can Increase Skilled Birth Attendance
Posted onWithout proper training and practice, midwives cannot provide high quality maternal and newborn care. Maternity Foundation’s Safe Delivery App aims to enhance midwives’ skills and knowledge in order to improve the quality of care women receive. The Safe Delivery App is a mobile health training tool that provides midwives working in remote, low-resource settings with access to evidence-based clinical guidelines and animated instructions, helping them to prevent and manage obstetric emergencies…read more