Women, MDGs & Africa - A Resource Guide

Select Resources on Maternal Health

Publications:

14th meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum, Toronto, Canada, April 2010, MDG overview (2010)

Africa Progress Panel ‘Maternal Health: Investing in the lifeline of healthy societies and economies’ Policy Brief (2010)

G8 Muskoka Declaration (2010)

M. C. Hogan et al, Lancet, ‘Maternal Mortality for 181 Countries: 1980 – 2008’ (2010)

N. Kristof and S. WuDunn ‘Half the Sky’ (2009)

Save the Children ‘Women on the Front lines of health care, State of the world’s mothers’ (2010)

Save the Children 'A Global Action Plan for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival' (2010)

UNDG MDG Thematic Paper on MDG 4, 5 & 6; Reduce child mortality, Improve maternal health & Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (2010)

UNFPA and Guttmacher Institute ‘Adding it up. The costs and benefits of investing in family planning and maternal and newborn health’ (2009)

USAID ’Two decades of progress: USAID’s child survival and maternal health programme’ (2009)

WHO ‘Women and Health, Today’s evidence tomorrow’s agenda’ (2009)

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank 'Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990-2008' (2010)

Women Deliver ‘Focus on 5; Women’s health and the MDGs’ (2010)

Women Deliver ‘Targeting poverty and gender inequality to improve maternal health’ (2010)

 

Organizations:

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Engender Health

IPAS Protecting Women’s Health

Maternal Health Task Force

ONE 

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood

United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Women Deliver

 

Best practices:

The World Bank ‘Learning from maternal and child health successes in Africa’ (2010)

UNDG MDG Good Practices (2010) Chapter 3 MDG 4, MDG5, MDG 6 – Child mortality, Maternal health and Combating diseases

 

Outreach material:

African Union CARMMA Campaign

Every Mother Counts Campaign

IPAS and Guttmacher Institute Brief ‘Facts on unintended pregnancy and abortion in Ethiopia’ (2010)

The World Bank ‘Making Progress Toward Maternal and Child health Goals in Africa’ Slideshow

UNFPA ‘No woman should die giving life, Facts and figures 1’

UNFPA and Guttmacher Institute ‘Sub-Saharan Africa, Facts on Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and newborn Health’ (2009)

Women Deliver 2010 Pocket card: Fast facts

World Health Organization ‘Making Pregnancy Safer’ (2008)

 

Statistics and other resources:

Demographic and Health Surveys (Measure DHS)

Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, M. Hoffman  ‘Small investment could save 11 million African lives' (2010)

WHO World Health Statistics 2010 Indicators

WHO Sexual and Reproductive Health Data and Statistics