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The Impact of Freedom on Fertility Decline
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2013
Although fertility decline often correlates with improvements in socioeconomic conditions, many demographers have found flaws in demographic transition theories that depend on changes in distal factors such as increased wealth or education. Human beings worldwide engage in sexual intercourse much more frequently than is needed to conceive the number of children they want, and for [...]
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RISBibTexAPABig issues deserve bold responses: Population and climate change in the Sahel
African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2013
Parts of Africa have the most rapid population growth in the world. Recent studies by climatologists suggest that, in coming decades, ecologically vulnerable areas of Africa, including the Sahel will be exposed to the harshest adverse effects of global warming. The threat hanging over parts of sub-Saharan Africa is extreme. Fortunately, there are evidence-based achievable [...]
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RISBibTexAPAWhy Bold Policies for Family Planning are Needed Now
Potts M, Weinrib R, Campbell M
Last spring at a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) talk in Berlin, Melinda Gates used this phrase, “The most transformative thing you can do is to give people access to birth control.” She expressed similar sentiments at the London Summit on Family Planning on July 11, 2012, as did the British Prime Minister David Cameron, and [...]
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RISBibTexAPAPreventing Postpartum Hemorrhage at the Community Level: A Compendium of Operations Research
VSI in collaboration with local and international partner organizations conducted operations research (OR) across seven countries in Africa and Asia to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and program effectiveness of misoprostol use to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) at the community level. Developed for policy makers, stakeholders and researchers, the compendium includes an overview of the basic components of the OR model, country program summaries, and cross-cutting results and best practices to contribute to the growing evidence base on the community-level use of misoprostol to prevent PPH.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIRwanda PPH Misoprostol Flipchart
Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) operations research project in Rwanda using the local Kinyarwanda language.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIRwanda PPH Misoprostol Handout 2013
Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) operations research project in Rwanda using the local Kinyarwanda language.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIZimbabwe PAC Brochure: “Using misoprostol tablets to treat incomplete abortion”
Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postabortion care (PAC) operations research project in Zimbabwe.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIConnecting Women with Care: 2011/2012 VSI Biennial Report
From health center to home, policy to practice, factory to pharmacy, VSI is "connecting women with care." Read more about VSI's collaborative efforts in 2011 and 2012 to expand women's access to life-saving medicines and services.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIZimbabwe PPH Poster: “Prevent Excessive Bleeding After Childbirth”
Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) operations research project in Zimbabwe.
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Confronting Maternal Mortality Due to Postpartum Hemorrhage and Unsafe Abortion: A Call for Commitment
Karanja J, Muganyizi P, Rwamushalja E, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Holm E
African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2013
In this commentary co-authored by VSI and the Regional Experts' Summit Group, 35 ob/gyns and public health experts from 12 countries in Africa call for political commitment to expanding access to misoprostol for its many uses in maternal health.
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