cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and …; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …

Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health : an overview / Robert Black, Marleen Temmerman, and Neff Walker … -- The burden of reproductive ill health / Alex Ezeh, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, John Cleland, Akinrinota Bankole, anmd Claudia …-for-age / Gretchen Stevens, Mariel Finucane, and Christopher Paciorek -- Interventions to improve reproductive health / John Stover …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least … extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering …Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and …

health services or interventions through comadronas (midwives) in Solola, Guatemala or the surrounding region. To this end … promoting the consideration and integration of Mayan maternal health practices and beliefs when designing maternal health …

significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. The presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal …

than fish for child health. In addition, mothers' individual preferences for different animal-source foods, and the …Child malnutrition in Bangladesh exceeds WHO's threshold for public health emergencies. Using more than 36,000 records … from several waves of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, the research focuses on the socioeconomic determinants …

inequalities by household wealth status, mothers' education, and place of residence. It is based on four Demographic and Health …Recent surveys show considerable progress in maternal and child health in Ethiopia. The improvement has been in health … outcomes and health services coverage. The study examines how different groups have fared in this progress. It tracked 11 …

This paper assesses the quality of health care across African countries based on health providers' clinical knowledge …, unannounced visits, and visual inspections of facilities, this study assesses whether health providers are available and have … sufficient knowledge and means to diagnose and treat patients suffering from common conditions amenable to primary health care …

This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil … between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An …