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Women & Children's Health
Women and children suffer a disproportionate share of the burden of diseases in developing countries. Issues such as sexual and reproductive health, family planning, safe motherhood, immunisation and vaccinations, and nutrition are closely linked to child and maternal mortality rates. More than 500,000 women die each year from maternal causes such as post partum haemorrhage, and for every woman who dies, approximately 20 more suffer injuries, infection and disabilities in pregnancy or childbirth. The ability to plan the number, spacing, and timing of births is a fundamental right of couples, as is access to a range of contraceptive methods and information.Every year, some 9.7 million children die globally before their fifth birthday due to malnutrition and disease. 2 million die from pneumonia each year yet these diseases could easily be prevented or treated with antibiotics for pneumonia; a simple mix of salts and sugars for diarrhoea; administration of immunisation protocols; treatments for iodine and vitamin a deficiency.
Gender inequality continues globally but efforts to mainstream gender policy planning so that health care systems can respond adequately are increasing. Follow the links below for a range of resources addressing these issues.
Sexual and reproductive health
- Reproductive health in refugee situations: an Inter-agency field manual
- Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
- Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
- Mobility & reproductive health needs among women migrant workers in Thailand
- Minimum Initial Services Package (MISP) for reproductive health in crisis situations
- Where women have no doctor: a health guide for women
- WHO: Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR)
- Female Genital Cutting: the search for effective approaches
- Managing knowledge to improve reproductive health programs
- Reproductive health in refugee situations: an inter-agency field manual
- Reproductive health of young adults
- Reproductive health resources
- Sexual and reproductive health training courses for nurses
Family planning
- Decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers
- The balanced counselling strategy: a toolkit for family planning service providers
- Family planning in the Pacific region: getting the basics right
- Australia's contribution to family planning, & population programs in the pacific islands & PNG
- Curriculum kit on population and development
- Australian Reproductive Health Alliance: briefing pack on population & development
- Family planning and the aid program: a comprehensive guide
Women's reproductive health rights
- Countdown 2015: sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
- Advocacy guide for sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Guide to sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Gaining ground: a tool for advancing reproductive rights law reform
- Gender responsive budgeting & women's reproductive rights: a resource pack
Pregnancy and childbirth
- Reducing maternal, newborn and child deaths in the Asia Pacific
- Antenatal DVD: for African communities living in NSW
- UNICEF: Facts for Life series
- Antenatal care in developing countries
- Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth
- Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care
- Gendered health systems biased against maternal survival
Infant and childhood health issues
- Who's counting? 9.2 million children: the cost of inaction on child health
- The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review
- DFID's maternal health strategy: reducing deaths: evidence & action
- Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
- Working with individuals, families & communities to improve maternal & newborn health
- Safe motherhood needs assessment
- Mother-baby package: implementing safe motherhood in countries
- Implementing the global strategy for infant & young child feeding
- Global strategy for infant and young child feeding
- The CHILD2015 goal
- Breastfeeding and maternal tuberculosis
- Australian Breastfeeding Association: breastfeeding information
- Paediatrics for doctors in PNG
Violence against women and children
- Clinical care for sexual assault survivors: a multi media tool
- National Child Protection Clearinghouse
- WHO World Report on Violence and Health 2002
- World Report on Violence against Children
- Gender-based violence & HIV among women: assessing the evidence
- WHO Multi-country study on women's health & domestic violence against women
Nutrition
- Maintaining momentum towards the MDGs: interventions to improve maternal health in Bangladesh
- HIV, nutrition and food: a practical guide for technical staff and clinicians
- Women's nutrition throughout the lifecycle and in the context of HIV/AIDS
- Infant and young child feeding and nutrition
- Complementary feeding of young children in developing countries
- Facts for Life: nutrition and growth
- Micronutrient deficiencies: combating vitamin A deficiency
- Nutrition as an entry point for health-promotion in schools
- Should adolescents be specifically targeted for nutrition in developing countries?
- Urban-rural differentials in maternal & child health in Andhra Pradesh, India
