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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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RISBibTexAPAVSINew hope: community-based misoprostol use to prevent postpartum haemorrhage
Prata N, Passano P, Bell S, Rowen T, Potts M
Health Policy and Planning, 2013
The wide gap in maternal mortality ratios worldwide indicates major inequities in the levels of risk women face during pregnancy. Two priority strategies have emerged among safe motherhood advocates: increasing the quality of emergency obstetric care facilities and deploying skilled birth attendants. The training of traditional birth attendants, a strategy employed in the 1970s and [...]
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Making a Difference with Misoprostol: The Case of VSI
Prata N, Norick P, Bledsoe S, Lowe R, Moran M
Since Nigeria became the first country in the world to register misoprostol, there has been an explosion in global interest around the medicine. VSI is proud to have contributed to this body of work with its unique approach and pioneering misoprostol program.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIRwanda PAC Poster
Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postabortion care (PAC) operations research project in Rwanda written using the local Kinyarwanda language.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIPotential for Cost Recovery: Women’s Willingness to Pay for Injectable Contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia
Prata N, Bell S, Weidert K, Gessessew A
Objective
To investigate factors associated with a woman’s willingness to pay (WTP) for injectable contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Methods
We used a multistage random sampling design to generate a representative sample of reproductive age women from the Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia to participate in a survey (N = 1490). Respondents who had ever [...]
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RISBibTexAPAVSI Theory of Change for Women and Girls
VSI’s Theory of Change offers a perspective on how effective, lasting change can occur for the health of women and girls, by forging institutional commitments, changing health policies and health system practices, and building evidence for distribution models that increase access for those in the most remote areas.
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VSI Overview
Every two minutes a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth around the globe. During its operation, VSI worked to change this by connecting women with life-saving medicines and services. This document provides an overview of VSI's approach to access as well as key accomplishments improving product availability in developing countries.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIContraceptive Pocket Reference for Clinicians: Rwanda
This Contraceptive Pocket Guide from Rwanda details the contraceptive methods that can be used for postpartum and postabortion care services.
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RISBibTexAPAVSIGlobal Misoprostol Registration Map
VSI's Global Misoprostol Map presents a snapshot of the current registration status of misoprostol worldwide. Registration is the process by which a drug is approved by a regulatory agency for importation, distribution and marketing for a specific medical indication after a thorough review of its effectiveness, safety and manufacturing process. It is a key strategy and critical first step to improving access to any drug or device.
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The role of private providers in maternal health
Agrawal P, Campball O, Prata N
Lancet, 2014
Every day, nearly 800 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. A great many of these deaths are preventable; however, there is no single, straightforward solution. Because identification of every woman who will have a life-threatening complication during pregnancy or childbirth is impossible, saving of women's lives during pregnancy and childbirth needs a systems [...]
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