In 2010, the G8 placed renewed focus on maternal health via the Muskoka Initiative by committing to spend an additional … US$5 billion on maternal, newborn, and child health before 2015. Following the end of the Millennium Development Goals … and the advent of the Sustainable Development Goals, maternal health issues have continued to feature prominently on the …

sector for women of childbearing age without infant children; however, this narrowing is very small. Industry …

In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … poverty measurement. The health of children is a latent variable; their height and weight are observed health indicators. We … apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …

at a rather slow pace over the past 15 years. In this study, using the Mozambican Demographic and Health Surveys 2003 and …

importance of WASH services for public health outcomes, the effectiveness of WASH aid should also be evaluated in terms of its … impact on health outcomes. This is especially important in low- and middle-income countries where achieving sustained … improvements in child health outcomes remains a challenge. This paper uses geocoded sub-national data on the location of WASH aid …

public service delivery and maternal and child health outcomes. The programme had a strong focus on ensuring the … children at baseline. At midline, we find that the mobilization effort alone had a significant impact on the performance of … village-based health providers. We detect economically large improvements in pregnancy and well-baby visits by Lady Health …

A consensus among social scientists is that fertility rates in Africa are declining. What determines these declines? I … present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in … capita and child mortality on fertility rates are non-robust and inconsistent with the predictions of the unified growth …

peacekeepers have lower fertility rates in the deployment period. Furthermore, peacekeeping improves child health and fosters …Armed conflict can shape reproductive behaviour as high child mortality and a lack of health services lead to higher … fertility rates. Yet women often postpone childbearing in expectation of better times. Given the theoretical ambiguity, the …

effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the consequences of sterilization on maternal health. To do so, we take advantage of …