Maternal and Child Mortality Development Goals : What Can the Transport Sector Do?

The reduction of child mortality and the improvement of maternal health are two of the Millennium Development Goals. Child and maternal mortalities continue to represent severe burdens in many developing countries. Every year, 527,000 women in deve...

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Main Authors:	Babinard, Julie, Roberts, Peter
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT AGING AMBULANCE SERVICE AMBULANCE SERVICES AMBULANCES ANESTHESIA ANTENATAL CARE BEDS BEHAVIOR CHANGE BICYCLES BIRTH ATTENDANTS BREASTFEEDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CARE CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILDBIRTH CLINICS COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COST EFFECTIVENESS COST OF TRANSPORT COUNSELLING DEATHS OF CHILDREN DELIVERY CARE DELIVERY COMPLICATIONS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITIES DISPENSARIES DOCTORS DRUGS ECTOPIC PREGNANCY EFFICIENT TRANSPORT EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY CARE EMERGENCY TREATMENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FIRST AID FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GONORRHEA GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH POSTS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STATUS OF MOTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HEART DISEASE HIGH TRANSPORTATION HIV HIV INFECTION HOME DELIVERIES HOSPITAL HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHERMIA ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INFANT INFANT DEATHS INFANT HEALTH INFANTS INFECTIONS INJURY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION LIFETIME RISK LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITIES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL STAFF MEDICAL SUPPLIES MIDWIFE MIDWIFERY MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILE CLINICS MODE OF TRANSPORT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY REDUCTION MOTHER MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLES NATIONAL HEALTH NEONATAL CARE NEONATAL DEATH NEONATAL HEALTH NEONATAL MORTALITY NEONATAL PERIOD NEONATAL TETANUS NEWBORN NEWBORN CARE NEWBORN HEALTH NEWBORNS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES OBSTETRIC CARE PATIENT PATIENT CARE PATIENTS PEDIATRICS POOR FAMILIES POOR NUTRITION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DENSITY POSTABORTION POSTABORTION COUNSELING POSTNATAL CARE POSTPARTUM CARE POSTPARTUM PERIOD PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSES PREVENTABLE DISEASE PROBABILITY PROGRESS PROPHYLAXIS PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL QUALITY CARE REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REFERRAL SYSTEM REFERRAL SYSTEMS RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RISK FACTORS RISK OF DEATH ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL WOMEN SAFE CHILDBIRTH SAFE MOTHERHOOD SCREENING SERVICE PROVISION SKILLED ATTENDANT SKILLED CARE SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL FACTORS STILLBIRTH SURGERY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYPHILIS TERTIARY LEVEL TETANUS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT MEASURES TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT STRATEGY TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TUBERCULOSIS TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UMBILICAL CORD UNSAFE ABORTION URBAN CENTERS URBAN WOMEN VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLES WALKING WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7065270/maternal-child-mortality-development-goals-can-transport-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17413