PHM-Exch> State of the World's Mothers 2010

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *Women on the Front Lines of Health Care*

*State of the World's Mothers 2010

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*Save the Children

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Available online PDF [52p.] at: http://bit.ly/cT2wBE

 “…….The focus is on the critical shortage of health workers in the
developing world and the urgent need for more female health workers to save
the lives of mothers, newborn babies and young children. Every year, 50
million women in the developing world give birth with no professional help
and 8.8 million children and newborns die from easily preventable or
treatable causes.

 This report identifies countries that have invested in training and
deploying more female health workers and shows how these women are
delivering lifesaving health care to some of the poorest and
hardest-to-reach mothers and babies. It identifies strategies and approaches
that are succeeding in the fight to save lives, and shows that effective
solutions to this challenge are affordable – even in the world’s poorest
countries…..”

 Content:

*Contents*

Foreword by Bridget Lynch

Introduction by Jasmine Whitbread and Charles F. MacCormack

Executive Summary: Key Findings and Recommendations

Women Helping Women: A Powerful Force for Health and Survival

Saving Mothers and Children in Bangladesh

A Midwife in Every Village in Indonesia

Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Health Care in Pakistan

Ethiopia Puts Female Health Workers in Rural Areas

Where They Are Needed Most

Decentralizing Health Care in Tanzania

Fighting Maternal Mortality in Honduras

Take Action Now to Train More Health Workers and Save Mothers’ and Babies’
Lives

Appendix: 11th Annual Mothers’ Index and Country Rankings

Methodology and Research Notes
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