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New Report Highlights Position of Women Refugees in Lebanon

by globalhealth on Mar 5, 2014 in Homepage recent posts, Maternal Health, News, Research

Women and girls are known to be uniquely and disproportionately affected by warfare, making up 80% of all refugees and displaced persons. However, a needs assessment carried out by researchers from Yale University at the request of the UN Population Fund (UNPF) has now thrown light on the plight of pregnant...

Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy

by globalhealth on Nov 19, 2013 in Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent News, News, Student Outreach Group, Students Corner

Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy Every day in the global south 20,000 girls under the age of 18 give birth. Who is She? Where is She? She’s all but 15 years old, She is the over marginalized, under represented, often excluded, minority. She is living in poverty, without access to...

Development Goals in Danger of Failing because of Missing Essentials on Post-2015 List

by globalhealth on Sep 20, 2013 in News

September 20, New York: A group of charities and campaign groups today challenged political leaders saying that if they failed to put women and girls’ empowerment, maternal health, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights at the heart of the next generation of Millennium Development Goals, then...

IFGH 2012: Toll Free Mobile Communication: Overcoming Barriers in Maternal and Neonatal Emergencies in Rural Bangladesh

by globalhealth on Jan 31, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

A toll free mobile telephone intervention tested in one sub district of Bangladesh and prior to initiation and at project end qualitative assessments were conducted to understand the utility of mobile phone in increasing communication for maternal and neonatal...

IFGH 2012: Supporting & Strengthening MNCH Services Using Mobile Phones: a Research Protocol

by globalhealth on Jan 31, 2012 in Conference Abstracts, IFGH 2011-2012 Conference and Events

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts Authors:Vallières F.1, McAuliffe E.2, Conteh M.3, Walker P.4 Author Affiliations:INDIGO1, Centre for Global Health TCD1, 2, World Vision Ireland3, World Vision UK4 Option 2– Lessons from the field; project and programme evaluations; and...

IFGH 2012: Who is doing what? Performance of the Emergency Obstetric Signal Functions by Non- Physician Clinicians and Nurse-Midwives in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania

by globalhealth on Jan 30, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

The Health System Strengthening for Equity: The Power and Potential of Mid- Level Providers (HSSE) project sought to document the current use of nurses, nurse-midwives and NPCs in delivering EmOC in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. One of the main aims of the project was to explore actual performance of EmOC and other...

IFGH 2012: Influences on the Motivation, Performance and Job Satisfaction of Primary Health Care Providers in Rural Tanzania

by globalhealth on Jan 30, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

This study was conducted in the frame of the QUALMAT research project which seeks to improve the quality of Maternal and Neonatal health (MNH) care in rural sub-Saharan Africa. It was undertaken in Tanzania to gain a detailed insight into the influences on MNH provider motivation, performance and job...

IFGH 2012: The Challenges of Developing a Tool to Monitor Changes in Health Worker Motivation at Primary Care Level in Ghana

by globalhealth on Jan 30, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

The QUALMAT project seeks to improve the quality of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) care in rural sub- Saharan Africa. Provider skills and motivation levels are considered to hold the key to their performance. An incentive scheme and a Clinical Decision Support System will be piloted at selected primary level...

Tag: Maternal Health

New Report Highlights Position of Women Refugees in Lebanon

Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy

Development Goals in Danger of Failing because of Missing Essentials on Post-2015 List

IFGH 2012: Toll Free Mobile Communication: Overcoming Barriers in Maternal and Neonatal Emergencies in Rural Bangladesh

IFGH 2012: Supporting & Strengthening MNCH Services Using Mobile Phones: a Research Protocol

IFGH 2012: Who is doing what? Performance of the Emergency Obstetric Signal Functions by Non- Physician Clinicians and Nurse-Midwives in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania

IFGH 2012: Influences on the Motivation, Performance and Job Satisfaction of Primary Health Care Providers in Rural Tanzania

IFGH 2012: The Challenges of Developing a Tool to Monitor Changes in Health Worker Motivation at Primary Care Level in Ghana

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