Maternal Health, Child Health and Nutrition in Lao PDR : Evidence from a Household Survey in Six Central and Southern Provinces

Despite being on-track on the child- and maternal-health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) and nutrition outcome indicators, both globally as well as in the East Asia an...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Health Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADULT LITERACY ADULT MORTALITY AGED ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ANTENATAL VISITS ANTIGENS ANTIMALARIALS BABY BASIC HEALTH BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BCG BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS BLEEDING BLOOD TESTS BREASTFEEDING CAREGIVERS CHILD BIRTH CHILD DEATH CHILD GROWTH MONITORING CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBIRTH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVES COUNSELING DEATHS DEBT DENGUE DENGUE FEVER DEWORMING DIARRHEA DIET DIETS DISEASE DISEASES DISTRICTS DRINKING WATER DRUGS DYSENTERY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ESSENTIAL MEDICINES ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FLUSH TOILETS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FORMAL EDUCATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GRID HEADACHE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HIGH FEVER HIV/AIDS HOME DELIVERIES HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HYGIENE ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INFECTION INFECTIONS INSURANCE SCHEMES INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRON LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAMPS LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMBS LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS MALABSORPTION MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNAL NUTRITION MEASLES MEAT MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICINE MEDICINES MIDWIFERY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOSQUITO NET MOTHER NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POPULATION NEWBORN NEWBORN CARE NUTRITION OCCUPATION PATIENTS PHARMACIES PHARMACY PILL PIT LATRINES PLAGUE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESPONSE POLIO POOR HEALTH POSTNATAL CARE POSTPARTUM PERIOD PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROCESS EVALUATION PROGRESS PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF SERVICES QUALITY SERVICES RADIO REFERRAL SYSTEM RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE UTILIZATION SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SKILLED PERSONNEL SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPLY SYSTEMS SYMPTOMS TELEVISION TETANUS TOXINS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES USER FEES VACCINATION VACCINE VACCINES VILLAGE CHIEFS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES VOMITING WASTE WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YC YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18672688/maternal-health-child-health-nutrition-lao-pdr-evidence-household-survey-six-central-southern-provinces http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16982

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Summary:	Despite being on-track on the child- and maternal-health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) and nutrition outcome indicators, both globally as well as in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. This report presents results from a household, village, and facility survey on Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and nutrition in mostly rural areas of six central and southern provinces of Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). The information in this report localizes MCH and nutrition-related information that are typical for sampled catchment areas of selected health centers in six central and southern provinces of the country. In addition, the report summarizes data on service availability and readiness of health centers in terms of their ability to provide key MCH & nutrition-related services. The results from this survey thus shed light on what it would take to attain the health-related MDGs. In order to improve the level and equity of maternal and child health indicators, interventions would need to address numerous demand-side barriers, including physical access barriers, financial barriers, and cultural, linguistic, and educational barriers.

Maternal Health, Child Health and Nutrition in Lao PDR : Evidence from a Household Survey in Six Central and Southern Provinces

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