INTRODUCTION: Asian women suffer the largest proportion of the world's maternal deaths.
To reduce this, policymakers and healthcare providers must encourage women with …

Background Quality of care is essential for further progress in reducing maternal and
newborn deaths. The integration of educated, trained, regulated and licensed midwives into …

Objectives. Review of public health perspectives of preeclampsia in developing countries
and implications for health system strengthening. Methods. Literature from Pubmed …

Background The role of husbands in maternal health is often overlooked by health
programmes in developing countries and is an under-researched area of study globally …

Background: A critical shortage of health workers with needed maternal and newborn
competencies remains a major challenge for the provision of quality care for mothers and …

Background A primary cause of high maternal mortality in Bangladesh is lack of access to
professional delivery care. Examining the role of the family, particularly the husband, during …

Background The death of women from pregnancy-related causes is a serious challenge that
international development initiatives, including the Millennium Development Goals, have …

Background The importance of involving men in reproductive, maternal and child health
programs is increasingly recognised globally. In the Pacific region, most maternal and child …

Scholars traditionally argued that industrialization, urbanization, and educational expansion
lead to a decline in extended families and complementary rise in nuclear families. Some …

Background Health literacy has been linked to health outcomes across population groups
around the world. Nepal, a low income country, experiences the double burden of highly …