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Maternal Health Supplies in Bangladesh
June 3, 2010
In Bangladesh, maternal mortality appears to be declining; however, with at least 322 maternal deaths per 100,000 births, the country still has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios (MMR) in the world. Improving access to supplies is an essential component of strengthening maternal health programs and outcomes.
This report tracks four maternal health supplies: oxytocin, misoprostol, magnesium sulfate and manual vacuum aspirators (MVAs). These supplies address three of the most common direct
causes of maternal mortality in Asia. This study assesses the factors that inhibit access to maternal health supplies in Bangladesh and the importance of overcoming shortages of these supplies to achieve improved maternal, reproductive,newborn and child health.
Maternal Health Supplies in Uganda
June 3, 2010
This report tracks four maternal health supplies: oxytocin, misoprostol, magnesium sulfate and manual vacuum aspirators (MVAs). These supplies address three of the most common direct causes of maternal mortality in Africa. This study assesses the factors that inhibit access to maternal health supplies in Uganda and the importance of overcoming shortages of these supplies to achieve improved maternal, reproductive, newborn and child health.
Maternal Health Supplies in Uganda and Bangladesh
June 3, 2010
Population Action International partnered with Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) to explore how policies, funding, and other health system challenges affect the availability of maternal health supplies in Uganda and Bangladesh – two countries with some of the highest numbers of maternal deaths. The report tracks four maternal health supplies – oxytocin, misoprostol, magnesium sulfate and manual vacuum aspirators (MVAs) – that address three of the most common direct causes of maternal mortality in Asia and Africa.
Funding Common Ground: Cost Estimates For International Reproductive Health
April 12, 2010
There are over a dozen estimates of the financial resources needed to improve reproductive health. Lack of understanding of estimates currently in circulation can lead to fragmented advocacy and weak financial prioritization of reproductive health.Funding Common Ground: Cost Estimates for International Reproductive Health helps advocates and policymakers better understand the funding needed to achieve universal access to reproductive health.
The Shape of Things to Come: The Effects of Age Structure on Development
April 2, 2010
Today, the world has the largest generation of young people in history, with 3.6 billion people under the age of 30 worldwide. A population’s age structure (the relative size of each age group) deeply affects development opportunities and plays a major role in security and governance challenges. In 2007, Population Action International (PAI) published The Shape of Things to Come: Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World. Here, PAI updates and extends the analysis. Three case studies on Haiti, Yemen and Uganda examine the challenges specific to countries with very young age structures and recommend policy solutions.
The Effects of A Very Young Age Structure In Uganda: A Country Case Study
April 1, 2010
Uganda has the youngest age structure in the world, with 77 percent of its population under the age of 30. The population of Uganda is currently growing by about one million people per year, and given the force of demographic momentum, Uganda will see high rates of population growth for decades to come. Uganda’s demographic situation impacts all aspects of its development, from economic growth to quality of education to health care provisions. Governance, political stability, security and adaptation to climate change are also deeply influenced by demographic mechanisms.
The Effects of a Very Young Age Structure in Yemen: A Country Case Study
April 1, 2010
Yemen has broken into the global political scene, with periodic terrorist attacks against foreign targets and its location as a base for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula highlighting the country’s geopolitical significance. Yemen has the most youthful age structure in the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa, and its demographic situation is acknowledged by its government and external partners alike as a major challenge to the country’s continued development.
The Effects of a Very Young Age Structure on Haiti: A Country Case Study
April 1, 2010
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in early January 2010 adds to the string of misfortunes in a country used to fighting adversity. Political instability and repeated natural disasters have compounded a failure to invest in its human resources and its environment and have prevented the country from achieving a sustainable development path. Haiti’s demographic profile, most notably its very young age structure, affects all aspects of reconstruction efforts, from economic opportunities to security issues, political stability, gender equality and climate change adaptation.
A Measure of the Future: Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Risk Index for the Pacific
December 7, 2009
A Measure of the Future provides a reproductive risk index and accompanying narrative that together outline the SRHR issues that Pacific Island women continue to face. A Measure of the Future was developed for Pacific policy makers and SRHR advocates to contribute to their informed action to overcome these issues, both at a national and regional level.
Linking Population, Fertility and Family Planning with Adaptation to Climate Change: Views from Ethiopia
December 3, 2009
Population Action International (PAI) and Miz-Hasab Research Center (MHRC), in collaboration with the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), have undertaken a study to explore how communities in Ethiopia react to and cope with climate variation, which groups are considered most vulnerable, what resources communities need to adapt to climate changes, and also the role of family planning and reproductive health in increasing resilience to climate change impacts.
