Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality

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Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality

Since 1990, maternal and childhood deaths have fallen by 47 percent globally. The video highlights key messages from IEG's review on Maternal and Child Mortality. It discusses causal evidence on maternal and child mortality to help policy makers to make informed decisions. It also points out the importance of access to information and training and ability to put interventions in particular local context.

Additional Info

Topics: Health, Nutrition and Population, Health Services Delivery, Quality of Health Services
Regions:
Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
GP/Global Themes:
Healthy Societies, Service Delivery, Population and Development
keywords:
Mortality, Child Mortality, Evaluation, Early Childhood, Child Survival, Neonatal Mortality
Language:
English
Learning Mode:
Video
Date Added: June 15, 2016
Length:
4:50

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Dr. Illakkuvan

- Sep 30, 2016

Discusses the causal evidence on maternal and child mortality to help policy makers to make informed decisions”! Excellent!!

Dr. Illakkuvan

- Sep 25, 2016

Topic: Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality; Crux; Health, Nutrition and Population, Health Services Delivery, Quality of Health Services; Comment: Discussions are to be made among the countries of Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia on “Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality”. Especially they have to exchange their knowledge & activities on maternal and child mortality, It helps to policy makers for making the informed decisions and also they have to continually implement the best practices on “Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality” & Posted By: Dr.Manavalan Ilakkuvan, M.E., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Earlier: Dy.General Manager /BHEL (Retd) & At Present: Dean, School of Engineering &Technology, PRIST University, Thanjavur-613 403.Tamilnadu –India