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There are 35 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Action of the Month".
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- 1. Burkina Faso Members of Parliament Undertake Fight Against Maternal Mortality
WRA Burkina Faso met with members of Parliament in Burkina Faso to adocate for improvements in maternal health, decreased mortality and increased availability to emergency obstetric care.
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- 2. A Rwanda Where No Woman Dies at Birth
The Rwandan government has long committed to reduce maternal mortality in order to achieve United Nation's Millennium Development Goal 5. The MDG5 target is to halve maternal and child deaths by 2015.
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- 3. Advocating for Recruitment and Retention of Additional Health Workers in Uganda
In Uganda, 16 women die every day due to pregnancy or childbirth related complications. Almost 99 percent of these deaths are preventable! Only 42 percent of births are assisted by a skilled health provider and 63 percent of women in rural areas give birth at home.
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- 4. APPI hosts WRA Global & Women's Caucus of Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia
On February 3, 2012, Ibu. dr. Sunitri Widodo (APPI Chairman), Ibu dr. Ratna Pertiwi Tjaja, SKM (APPI Vice Chairman I), and Ibu. Dra. Giwo Rubianto, Mpd (APPI Vice Chairman III) introduced APPI (Aliansi Pita Putih Indonesia / WRA Indonesia) to the Women’s Caucus of Parliament in Jakarta.
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- 5. The Power of a Smile: CARE India's Integrated Family Health Initiative
CARE under the Integrated Family Health Initiative (IFHI) is working in Bihar, India to improve Maternal and Newborn healthcare practices, including the quality of care. As part of the project, health system strengthening is being undertaken through participatory approaches by creating Quality Improvement Teams at the health facility level comprised of Doctors, Managers, Nurses and front line health workers. This blog shares the experience of Gayatri who gave birth at the Primary Health Centre in Naubatpur block, Patna, Bihar, that is supported by the initiative.
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- By CARE India
- 6. Working with Politicians and Local Leaders to Improve Maternal Health
WRA members around the world are working to make politicians more aware of the need to make maternal health a priority.
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- 7. National Safe Motherhood Alliance (NSMA) of Yemen: A Year in Review
The National Safe Motherhood Alliance (NSMA) of Yemen partnered with several government institutions and non-governmental organizations in 2011 to achieve its goals of social mobilization, media outreach and exposure, youth activities and capacity building.
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- By National Safe Motherhood Alliance Yemen
- 8. Disrespect and Abuse of Women in Facility Childbirth Services: Deeply Political and Deeply Personal
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- By Kathleen Hill, M.D., Senior QI Advisor, USAID Health Care Improvement and TRAction Projects, University Research Co., LLC
- 9. Papua New Guinea (PNG): Birth attendants offer hope
The posting below from Blossum Gilmour, Mamayo Health Project Manager at CARE, describes CARE Papua New Guinea's training program for Village Birth Attendants (VBAs) in remote areas and their efforts to increase the number of women seeking maternity care at health centers.
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- By Blossum Gilmour, Mamayo Health Project Manager, CARE
- 10. ARTICLE IV: Every woman has the right to be treated with dignity and respect
This posting from Lorraine Fontaine, Coordinator at the Regroupement Naissance-Renaissance in Montréal, discusses the findings of a qualitative research project on women’s perspectives (both negative and positive) of maternity care and why we must be more vigilant than ever about defending the right of every woman to be treated with respect and dignity during childbirth.
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- By Lorraine Fontaine, Coordinator at the Regroupement Naissance-Renaissance in Montréal, Québec, Canada
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