Recently added articles from Arrows For Change:
Health Systems and Women's Rights: key elements in effectively averting maternal death and disability.
Sep 01, 2006; Melgar, Junice ... Every day, thousands of women die from pregnancy and childbirth in Asia and the Pacific. 75% of these deaths are from complications directly associated with the process of pregnancy and childbirth, i.e. direct maternal death, such as from bleeding, hypertension-with-convulsion, infection, ...
Sri Lanka's success in improving maternal health.(SPOTLIGHT)(Report)
Sep 01, 2006; Senanayake, Lakshmen ... Sri Lanka is a low income country which has achieved remarkable results in reducing maternal mortality. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was halved within three years between 1947 and 1950, (1) and at present the MMR stands at 92 deaths per 100, 000 live births (2)--far better than the ...
India: including women's voices when crafting maternal health policies.(SPOTLIGHT)
Sep 01, 2006; Dasgupta, Jashodhara ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Maternal health is almost always seen as a technical and health issue which means that the medical establishment is regarded as best qualified to speak on it. Policy making on maternal health has therefore never consulted those who are directly affected, ...
Regional.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Southeast Asian Consortium on Gender, Sexuality and Health held its 5th Leadership Course on Gender, Sexuality and Health in Southeast Asia and China in Hanoi, Vietnam from 27 August to 15 September 2006. The impetus for this annual 19-day leadership course stems from the fact that ...
India.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The 8th State Dalit Women's Conference was held in Palavoy Village, India on 27-28 August 2006, to strengthen the Dalit women's movement, raise awareness regarding Dalit women's political and land rights and voice a call to action to challenge untouchability, the caste system, ...
Indonesia.(White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, Indonesia held its first national meeting on 5-7 September 2006 in Jakarta. A total of 136 participants and 30 invitees were present at the meeting, including Her Excellency, the Minister for the Empowerment of Women, Dr. Meutia Hatta Swasono ....
Pakistan.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Shirkat Gah, in collaboration with two organisations, SUNGI Development Foundation and Omar Asghar Khan Foundation (OAKF), from August 2006 has put into operation a UNFPA supported project whereby six 'Women Friendly Spaces' (WFS) with hammams (bathing areas) are being set up for women in ...
Vietnam.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
Sep 01, 2006 ... A capacity building session was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 25-28 May 2006 on writing a shadow report on CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) implementation. Organised by the Gender and Community Development Network (GENCOMNET) and the ...
Keith-Brown, Kimberli. 2005. Investing for Life: Making the Link between Public Spending and the Reduction of Maternal Mortality. Mexico City, Mexico: Fundar Center for Analysis and Research.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Keith-Brown, Kimberli. 2005. Investing for Life: Making the Link between Public Spending and the Reduction of Maternal Mortality. Mexico City, Mexico: Fundar Center for Analysis and Research. 39p. http://www. internationalbudget.org/Investingforlife.pdf The report Investing for ...
SAHAYOG. 2006. Voices from the Ground: Women Show the Way.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)
Sep 01, 2006 ... SAHAYOG. 2006. Voices from the Ground: Women Show the Way. Lucknow, India: SAHAYOG. 34p. http://www. sahayogindia.org/what's%20new/Voices_book.pdf This publication takes as its point of departure the fact that policies and programmes on maternal health have traditionally been ...
Shirkat Gah; Society for International Development. 2005. Regional Conference on Maternal Health and Well-Being in South Asia: Strategies for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)(Conference news)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Shirkat Gah; Society for International Development. 2005. Regional Conference on Maternal Health and Well-Being in South Asia: Strategies for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals, February 3-5, 2005. Lahore, Pakistan: Shirkat Gah. 29p. This report succinctly outlines the ...
The Lancet Maternal Survival Series: Strategies Prioritized to Reduce Maternal Deaths.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Lancet Maternal Survival Series: Strategies Prioritized to Reduce Maternal Deaths. Published Online September 28, 2006 http://www.womendeliver.org/downloads/ Maternal_Lancet_series.pdf On 28 September 2006, The Lancet, the established British medical journal, published a ...
UNFPA. 2006. Maternal and Neonatal Health in East and South-East Asia. Bangkok, Thailand: UNFPA.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)
Sep 01, 2006 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] UNFPA. 2006. Maternal and Neonatal Health in East and South-East Asia. Bangkok, Thailand: UNFPA. 28p. http:// www.unfpa.org/upload/ lib_pub_file/613_filename_bkmaternal.pdf The publication Maternal and Neonatal Health in East and South-East ...
White Ribbon Alliance of India; UNICEF. 2006. I Want to Live: An Advocacy Kit for Media Representatives.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] White Ribbon Alliance of India; UNICEF. 2006. I Want to Live: An Advocacy Kit for Media Representatives. India: WRAI and UNICEF. 36p. The White Ribbon Alliance of India (WRAI) and UNICEF have developed a safe motherhood advocacy kit for media ...
Other resources.(RESOURCES)
Sep 01, 2006 ... AbouZahr, Carla. 2003. Safe Motherhood: A Brief History of the Global Movement 1947-2002. British Medical Bulletin. Vol. 67:13-25. ACCESS. 2007. Demystifying Community Mobilization: An Effective Strategy to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health. Baltimore, USA: ACCESS. 30p ....
Arrow's Publications.(RESOURCES)
Sep 01, 2006 ... ARROW. 2007. Rights and Realities: Monitoring Reports on the Status of Indonesian Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights--Findings from the Indonesian Reproductive Health and Rights Monitoring & Advocacy (IRRMA) Project. Kuala Lumpur: ARROW. 216p. Price: US$ 10.00 plus US$ 3.00 ...
Basic emergency obstetric care (EmOC).(Definitions)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Basic EmOC includes the following functions: * Parenteral (intravenous or intramuscular) antibiotics * Parenteral oxytocics (drugs that induce uterine contractions to stop bleeding) * Parenteral sedatives or anticonvulsant drugs * Manual ...
Maternal death and late maternal death.(Definitions)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) defines a maternal death as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the ...
Obstetric fistula.(Definitions)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Obstetric fistula is an injury of childbearing. It is a hole between the birth canal and one or more of a woman's internal organs, usually the bladder and/or the rectum. The hole develops after several days of obstructed labour when the pressure of the baby's head against the mother's ...
The right to safe pregnancy and childbirth.(Definitions)
Sep 01, 2006 ... ... States Parties shall ensure to women appropriate services in connection with pregnancy, confinement and the postnatal period, granting free services where necessary, as well as adequate ...
