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New global guidance supports community and lay health workers in postpartum hemorrhage prevention

Ejembi C, Norick P, Starrs A, Thapa K

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2013

VSI CEO, Pam Norick; Family Care International President, Ann Starrs; and Drs. Clara Ejembi (Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria) and Kasum Thapa (Jhpiego-Asia Region), published a commentary highlighting new global recommendations and case examples from Nigeria and Nepal that illustrate community engagement and empowerment as critical strategies in successful postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) programming with misoprostol.

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Big issues deserve bold responses: Population and climate change in the Sahel

Potts M, Graves A

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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Why Bold Policies for Family Planning are Needed Now

Potts M, Weinrib R, Campbell M

Contraception, 2013

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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Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in low-resource settings: current perspectives

Prata N, Bell S, Weidert K

International Journal of Women's Health, 2013

BACKGROUND: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death in low-income countries and is the primary cause of approximately one-quarter of global maternal deaths. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of PPH prevention interventions, with a particular focus on misoprostol, and the challenges and opportunities that preventing PPH in [...]

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Meeting Rural Demand: A Case for Combining Community-Based Distribution and Social Marketing of Injectable Contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia

Prata N, Weidert K, Fraser A, Gessessew A

PloS ONE, 2013

Background
In Sub-Saharan Africa, policy changes have begun to pave the way for community distribution of injectable contraceptives but sustaining such efforts remains challenging. Combining social marketing with community-based distribution provides an opportunity to recover some program costs and compensate workers with proceeds from contraceptive sales. This paper proposes a model for increasing access to [...]

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Misoprostol for postpartum hemorrhage prevention at home birth: an integrative review of global implementation experience to date

Smith J, Gubin R, Holston M, Fullerton J, Prata N

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2013

BACKGROUND: Hemorrhage continues to be a leading cause of maternal death in developing countries. The 2012 World Health Organization guidelines for the prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) recommend oral administration of misoprostol by community health workers (CHWs). However, there are several outstanding questions about distribution of misoprostol for PPH prevention at home births.
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Zimbabwe PAC Brochure: “Using misoprostol tablets to treat incomplete abortion”

2013

Information, education and communication (IEC) campaign sample from a postabortion care (PAC) operations research project in Zimbabwe.

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Rwanda PPH Misoprostol Handout 2013

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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Misoprostol Information, Education and Communication: Examples from the Field

2013

A guide to assist program planners on developing information, education and communication (IEC) campaigns as part of a misoprostol program. The focus of the content and messaging is on misoprostol for the prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in Africa.

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The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health care in developing countries: a systematic review

Brody C, Bellows N, Campbell M, Potts M

Global Public Health, 2013

One approach to delivering healthcare in developing countries is through voucher programmes, where vouchers are distributed to a targeted population for free or subsidised health care. Using inclusion/exclusion criteria, a search of databases, key journals and websites review was conducted in October 2010. A narrative synthesis approach was taken to summarise and analyse five outcome [...]

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