Women on the Front Lines of Health Care
State of the World's Mothers 2010
Save the Children
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
A Midwife in Every Village in
Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Health Care in
Where They Are Needed Most
Decentralizing Health Care in
Fighting Maternal Mortality in
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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