Tag: Maternal Health

In March 2023, a new report – She Pays the Highest Price: The Toll of Conflict on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Northwest Syria – was launched following close collaboration between Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Syria Relief & Development (SRD) and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), with data collection support by Shafak. This study documents […]

A Short Research brief, written in Amharic on Effective Modalities to improve pregnant women’s compliance to daily prenatal Iron-Folic Acid (IFA) Supplementation. Read the report in Amharic here.

In 1958, obstetrician and gynaecologist Catherine Hamlin and her husband—also a doctor—answered an advertisement inThe Lancet to set up a midwifery school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Within days of arriving, the Australian couple saw obstetric fistula cases for the first time. An obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that is […]

Abstract: Women’s perceptions of respectful maternity care (RMC) are critical to its definition and measurement globally. We evaluated these in relation to globally defined RMC norms. We conducted a descriptive study involving eight focus group discussions with 50 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at one primary and one secondary health facility each in the North-west […]

“Every woman has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, including the right to dignified, respectful health care throughout pregnancy and childbirth, and the right to be free from violence and discrimination.” This brief highlights latest global and local evidence on Obstetric violence, informed and shared decision making, respectful and patient-centered care in […]

The evidence from the available data on indigenous women’s maternal health tells us that across the globe, indigenous women and adolescent girls experience significantly worse maternal health outcomes than majority populations.  Yet due to a lack of data, this alarming situation is concealed, preventing effective action to address it. To help draw attention to this […]