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Arrows For Change articles from September 2006
A bulletin that addresses wome.'s and gender perspectives in health policies and programs in the Asia-Pacific region. Published for decision-makers and program managers in health, population, family planning and women?s organizations, three times a year,
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Arrows For Change archives from September 2006
Health Systems and Women's Rights: key elements in effectively averting maternal death and disability.
September 1, 2006... 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...
Sri Lanka's success in improving maternal health.(SPOTLIGHT)(Report)
September 1, 2006... 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...
India: including women's voices when crafting maternal health policies.(SPOTLIGHT)
September 1, 2006... [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...
Regional.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)(Brief article)
September 1, 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...
India.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
September 1, 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...
Indonesia.(White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood)(Brief article)
September 1, 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...
Pakistan.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
September 1, 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...
Vietnam.(MONITORING COUNTRY ACTIVITIES)
September 1, 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...
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)
September 1, 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....
SAHAYOG. 2006. Voices from the Ground: Women Show the Way.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)
September 1, 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...
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)
September 1, 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.
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The Lancet Maternal Survival Series: Strategies Prioritized to Reduce Maternal Deaths.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)(Brief article)
September 1, 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...
UNFPA. 2006. Maternal and Neonatal Health in East and South-East Asia. Bangkok, Thailand: UNFPA.(RESOURCES FROM THE INFORMATION & DOCUMENTATION CENTRE)
September 1, 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...
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)
September 1, 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...
Other resources.(RESOURCES)
September 1, 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...
Arrow's Publications.(RESOURCES)
September 1, 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...
Basic emergency obstetric care (EmOC).(Definitions)
September 1, 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...
Maternal death and late maternal death.(Definitions)(Brief article)
September 1, 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,...
Obstetric fistula.(Definitions)
September 1, 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...
The right to safe pregnancy and childbirth.(Definitions)
September 1, 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 nutrition during pregnancy and lactation. Convention...
Addressing unplanned pregnancies can reduce pregnancy and childbirth related deaths.(FACTFILE)
September 1, 2006... Every year, of the estimated 210 million women who become pregnant, 80 million of these pregnancies are unplanned, some of these are carried to term, while others end in spontaneous or induced abortions. In East Asia, 39% of the 40 million...