Achieving the Millennium Development Goal of Improving Maternal Health : Determinants, Interventions and Challenges

This paper summarizes the importance of improving maternal and reproductive health, the progress made to date and lessons learned, and the major challenges confronting programs today. The paper highlights the progress that some countries, including...

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Main Authors:	Lule, Elizabeth, Ramana, G.N.V., Ooman, Nandini, Epp, Joanne, Huntington, Dale, Rosen, James E.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO PRENATAL CARE ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADOLESCENCE ADULTS AGED ANEMIA ANEMIA PREVALENCE ANESTHESIA ANTENATAL CARE BIRTH INTERVALS BLEEDING BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DEATHS DEPRESSION DIABETES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION EARLY PREGNANCIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECTOPIC PREGNANCY EMBOLISM EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE FAMILIES FAMILY CARE FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALES GENITAL MUTILATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT POLICIES HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DEMAND HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH DETERMINANTS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH REFORMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEART DISEASE HEMORRHAGE HEPATITIS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HOOKWORM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNIZATION IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME INCONTINENCE INDUCED ABORTION INFANTS INFERTILITY INHIBITION INJURIES INTERVENTION INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION IRON LAWS LESSONS LEARNED LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALABSORPTION MALARIA MALARIA BURDEN MALNUTRITION MANAGED CARE MANAGED CARE PLANS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNITY CARE MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHERS MULTIPLE BIRTHS NUTRITION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARTNERSHIP PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SAFE SEX SANITATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUALITY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL STERILIZATION STILLBIRTH TETANUS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNWANTED PREGNANCY URINARY INCONTINENCE URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS VIOLENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5733938/achieving-millennium-development-goal-improving-maternal-health-determinants-interventions-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13744