Sparing Lives : Better Reproductive Health for Poor Women in South Asia

In this context, the overall purpose of this review is to bring attention to the opportunities that five countries in the region - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - have to strengthen and expand interventions to improve the reprodu...

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Main Authors:	Chatterjee, Meera, Levine, Ruth, Murthy, Nirmala, Rao-Seshadri, Shreelata
Format:	Other Health Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	New Delhi: Macmillan India, Ltd. 2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ABORTION CARE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT POPULATION ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADOLESCENTS AGE OF MARRIAGE AGED ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BEHAVIOR CHANGE BETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH RATE CERVICAL CANCER CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD WELFARE CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CIRCUMCISION CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DIPHTHERIA DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION DRUG USERS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE ESSENTIAL OBSTETRIC CARE EXPENDITURES ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION FAMILY WELFARE FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FOLIC ACID FWA GENDER INEQUALITIES GOITER GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH TARGETS HIGH CHILD MORTALITY HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIV HOME AFFAIRS HOMEOPATHY HOSPITALIZATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ILL-HEALTH ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFERTILITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING INTERVENTION IRON IUD LACK OF AWARENESS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFETIME RISK LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICINES MIDWIFE MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF POPULATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY NEONATAL MORTALITY NURSE NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE OLDER WOMEN ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION PARAMEDICS PATIENT PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT POLIO POLIO VACCINE POOR FAMILIES POOR WOMEN POPULATION ACTIVITIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION FUND POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SECTOR POPULATION SECTOR STRATEGY POPULATION STRATEGY POPULATION STUDIES POST-ABORTION POST-ABORTION CARE POSTNATAL CARE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PUBERTY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACTIVITIES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMPONENTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE LIFE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RISK GROUPS RURAL GIRLS SAFE MOTHERHOOD SEX SEX EDUCATION SEX RATIOS SEX WITH MEN SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUALITY SIBLINGS SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIALIZATION SON PREFERENCE STATUS OF WOMEN STIS SYPHILIS TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY TETANUS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT TUBERCULOSIS UNFPA UNMET DEMAND UNSAFE ABORTIONS UNWANTED CHILDREN UNWANTED PREGNANCY URBAN AREAS USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES VIOLENCE VITAMINS WOMAN WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/10371461/sparing-lives-better-reproductive-health-poor-women-south-asia-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7845