Women's Health and Safe Motherhood

JSI has been at the forefront of women's health since its inception in 1978. Through the MotherCare and other projects, JSI staff have conducted research and documented trends in maternal health and safe motherhood. Today, JSI programs in the U.S. and around the world are improving health outcomes for women. The following publications present some of the documentation from key JSI projects. For publications related to family planning, please visit the Family Planning section.

Please note the following are listed in chronological order starting with the most recent publication.

General | Reproductive Health for Refugees | Safe Motherhood | Sexually Transmitted Infections

General

Latinas Rompiendo Barreras de Salud (Latinas Breaking Health Barriers) Focus Group Report (PDF, 185 KB)

Latina Rompiendo Barreras de Salud (Latina Breaking Health Barriers) is a community-based participatory research project funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to engage Latinas in identifying barriers, challenges, and gaps in their reproductive and family planning knowledge and use of services. Through this project, JSI and its partner Health Quarters researched traditional practices and products used by Latina for reproductive health that are brought to the U.S. from their country of origin, purchased in bodagas or botanicas, or made at home. Results will be used to validate practices that are useful and beneficial and to educate women of those that may not work and could even be harmful. The final report of three Focus Groups presents the study findings. A survey is also being conducted to gather information from a larger segment of the community. JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. 2008.

Indonesia Health Services Program Aceh Final Report 2005-2008 (PDF, 2.01 MB)

In the wake of the destruction caused by the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh, JSI's Health Services Program, already operating in Indonesia, as asked by USAID to help communities along the west coast of Aceh—the area hardest-hit by the disaster.

This report provides an overview of HSP's support, which focused primarily on strengthening the health system's responses to maternal and child health issues. The program worked closely with the Ministry of Health to provide technical assistance in the areas of district planning and budgeting, advocacy, community mobilization, behavior change communications, supportive supervision and improving quality of and access to midwifery services. HSP also addressed psychosocial protection of women and children, and helped to put in place a household-to-hospital continuum of care for the mentally ill. JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc./Indonesia Health Services Program, 2008.

Massachusetts Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Evaluation Report (PDF, 238 KB)

Massachusettshas one of the lowest teen birth rates in the U.S. High rates exist in certain cities and towns of the state, however. To help address this disparity, the MA Department of Public Health funds 18 sites to provide science-based teen pregnancy programs in their areas. "Science-based" means each program provides balanced abstinence and safe sex messages using a curriculum that has been shown effective in one or more rigorous, published studies. JSI was contracted to perform a cross-site evaluation of the project, implementing "pre- and post- test" surveys among participants. This report provides results for the first two years of data collection, July 2006 through June 2008. Eugenie Coakley, Susan Grantham, Fong Lui, Joseph Musolino, Leah Nigro, Julia Przedworski. JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. 2008.

Community Mental Health Treatment, Protection and Promotion for Women and Children in Aceh: Findings from an Evaluation of Programs Supported by the Health Services Program (HSP) (PDF, 397 KB)

This report presents results from the successful Indonesia Health Services Program (HSP) Mental Health and Psychosocial initiative that took place following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in December 2004. In response to this disaster HSP began work in Aceh to address the psychosocial and protection needs of women and children.

Key findings include the development of a household-to hospital continuum of mental health care and a mental health system that has assisted with the restoration of health, human rights and human dignity. Survey findings concerning the new mental health program concluded that 90% of patients and caretakers reported improvements in mental health or social functioning. Developed by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. in conjunction with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and support from the USAID funded HSP Project. Neil Boothby and Maggie Veatch, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 2007.

Russia Maternal & Child Health Initiative Final Report (PDF, 720 KB)

This final technical report presents the results and lessons learned from JSI's successful Russia Maternal and Child Health Initiative (MCHI), funded by USAID. Over the three-year life of the project, MCHI introduced evidence-based principles and interventions into 16 regions across the Russian Federation, including the Russian Far East. Through training, capacity building, and policy development, MCHI revolutionized the provider/client dynamic and garnered widespread support for its activities and accomplishments—including improved service quality and integration, increased awareness of women and mothers of MCH services and issues, and increased use of modern contraceptives. The effective MCHI model will be sustained through JSI's affiliate, the Institute for Family Health, a Russian organization that will carry on the "legacy" of the MCHI approach. Laurel A. Cappa and Natalia Vartapetova. JSI/MCHI, March 2007.

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Family Planning Practices in HIV-Infected Women Facility Survey (1.02 MB)

This report presents the findings from a facility study of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and family planning services provided to HIV-positive women. Conducted by JSI's Russian Maternal and Child Health Initiative staff, the aim of the study was to provide a socio-demographic profile of HIV-positive women coming to facilities for abortion or delivery, to provide quantitative information on current practices and knowledge that will allow the appropriate authorities to strengthen training programs, improve clinical services, and to provide a firm basis for policy discussions. JSI/MCHI, by Natalia V. Vartapetova and Anna V. Karpushkina, 2006.

Russia MCHI Leveraging Study (PDF, 190 KB)

The Maternal and Child Health Initiative (MCHI) has been extremely successful in strengthening maternal and child health services in the Russian Federation through the adoption of internationally recognized standards. One of the factors that helped to achieve such results in a relatively short time period was MCHI's ability to leverage resources for program implementation. This study was conducted in 2006 to document MCHI's leveraging processes and achievements. The study found that MCHI was extremely successful in leveraging a range of resources to support program implementation, expansion, and future sustainability. Hare, L., Makarova, T., JSI/MCHI, September 2006.

Russia: Improving Women's Health Care (PDF, 1,225 KB)

This 8-page publication describes JSI's Women and Infant Health (WIN) Project in Russia and how the Project effectively used monitoring and evaluation data to demonstrate the success of WIN's evidence-based, client-friendly model for women's health services.

This is the first in a series of evidence-based papers called Evaluation Matters, written at the end of JSI's international projects.

Healthy Mother/Healthy Child Project - Completion Report (PDF, 1.7 MB)

This final report presents the results from the successful Egypt Healthy Mother/Healthy Child (HM/HC) project. In conjunction with the Egypt Ministry of Health, over the life of twelve-year project, HM/HC helped reduce maternal mortality by 52% and infant mortality declined by almost 20%. Through both upgraded and new maternal and child healthcare facilities, more than 22 million people have improved access to essential services. Both a summary and detailed analysis of the key project achievements can be found in the HM/HC Completion Report.

Healthy Mother/Healthy Child Project - Completion Report
(PDF, 1.7 MB)
Annex 01 - Vital Statistics (PDF, 64 KB)
Annex 02 - Maps (PDF, 101 KB)
Annex 03 - USAID's Results Framework SO 20 (PDF, 24 KB)
Annex 04 - USAID's Results Framework SO 5 (PDF, 20 KB)
Annex 05 - Districts and Facilities (PDF, 34 KB)
Annex 06 - USAID Partners (PDF, 11 KB)
Annex 07 - Staff (PDF, 17 KB)
Annex 08 - Contract Performance Milestones (PDF, 26 KB)
Annex 09 - MCH Basics Benefits Package (PDF, 16 KB)
Annex 10 - Base Period - BEOC and CEOC (PDF, 24 KB)
Annex 11 - Option Period - BEOC and CEOC (PDF, 27 KB)
Annex 12 - Publications (PDF, 207 KB)
Annex 13 - Facilities Renovated by USAID (PDF, 61 KB)
Annex 15 - Operation Research Matrix (PDF, 72 KB)
Annex 18 - NGO's List (PDF, 50 KB)
Annex 19 - Checklists (PDF, 175 KB)
Annex 20 - Contract Indicators Report (PDF, 23 KB)

Perspectives and recommendations for USAID/Tanzania on community-based distribution (CBD) programs (PDF, 51 KB)

(Harris, Nancy P., 2004)

Improving health care delivery systems in Eritrea—technical assistance & support (TASC) (PDF, 1470 KB)

Final report of the JSI/TASC Eritrea project technical assistance & support (TASC), which was focused on maternal health, child health, and nutrition. The report also contains summary sheets of key cross-cutting topics including human resources development, logistics systems and behavior change communications, among others. JSI/Eritrea TASC, 2004.

Final Report: NGO Networks Project, Pro Redes Salud Project (PDF, 485 KB)

Final report of the Guatemala NGO Networks Project (Pro Redes Salud) which expanded basic care to people in the Mayan highland regions, unified the civil society and improved the MOH NGO granting program. From 2000 to 2004, the project extended high-quality services to 317,000 rural residents, and surveys showed significant improvements in health care coverage. NGOs were unified into networks, a national NGO federation had been formed, and innovations had been adopted by the MOH for improvements in the national MOH NGO program. JSI/Pro Redes Salud, 2004.

Russia Women and Infant's Health Project Final Report (PDF, 1.24 MB)

The Russia WIN Project, funded by USAID, was a comprehensive reproductive health project designed to improve maternal and newborn health care in two pilot regions of the country. The final report presents the accomplishments of the four-year project, including improved service quality, increased number of women exclusively breastfeeding, increased family planning use and a decline in abortion rates in project areas.

The WIN Project activities have been expanded and are now being implemented in 14 oblasts across Russia. JSI/WIN Project, 2003.

Evaluation of the Russia WIN Project (PDF, 1.16 MB)

From 1999 to 2003, the Women and Infant Health (WIN) Project worked in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation to improve the quality of maternal and newborn services and to increase access to and demand for high quality reproductive health services in three Russian cities. This report compiles the findings from the project's varied baseline and endline facility and household surveys and routine facility monitoring system in a data-based description of project results. JSI/WIN Project, August 2003.

Russia WIN Project: A Guide to Implementing Effective Health Care for Women and Infants (PDF, 448 KB)

The recommendations of this Guide are based on the three-year experience of the Women and Infants' Health Project (WIN) in 20 medical facilities in Russia.

This Guide presents the WIN Project's methodology for developing a quality improvement process as well as detailed overviews of WIN training courses and communications approaches.

This Guide also will be useful for medical providers who want to improve the quality of services in their facilities in the region as well as for individual health care institutions—wherever health professionals are introducing state-of-the-art recommendations into their own systems and procedures. JSI/WIN Project, 2003.

National Maternal Mortality Study - Egypt (PDF, 7.7 MB)

The National Maternal Mortality Study: Egypt 2000 documents the impact of JSI's Healthy Mother/Health Child Project on the reduction in maternal mortality in Egypt. It also examines avoidable factors that contribute to maternal deaths so as to improve maternal health programs in the country. Produced by the Doctorate of Maternal and Child Health Care Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt. June 2001.

Download Summary Report (PDF, 7.7 MB)

Download Final Report (PDF, 2.05 MB)

Safe Motherhood Strategies: A Review of the Evidence

This book, CD-Rom and website result from collaboration between DFID, the European Commission, the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp University and John Snow International-UK. In order to further its commitment to the reduction of maternal mortality, and to ensure that its strategy and policies are based on the available evidence, the EC commissioned 19 scientific background papers which reviewed the published and gray literature on particular topics. Those papers are contained within this website. 2001.

The Health of Women: A Global Perspective

Koblinsky, Marjorie A., Judith Timyan and Jill Gay, eds. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1992. (M002)

Requests for this publication should be sent to: Westview Press, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877.

Women's Health at the Crossroads

Koblinsky, Marjorie A., Judith Timyan and Jill Gay, eds. Extracted from The Health of Women: A Global Perspective. Partnership for Safe Motherhood. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1992. (M001)

Requests for this publication should be sent to: The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433.

Maternal Mortality: Level, Trends and Determinants

Huque, A.A. Zahidul and Marjorie A. Koblinsky. Background paper presented at the MotherCare/World; Bank Workshop on Guidelines for Safe Motherhood. MotherCare Working Paper #10. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1991. (M253)

Reproductive Health for Refugees

The Long Wait: Reproductive Health Care in Haiti (PDF, 17.1 MB)

This report draws on findings from an assessment of Haiti's reproductive health response in crisis and beyond. The report highlights persistent gaps in family planning and adolescent sexual and reproductive health, particularly in remote areas. In spite of deteriorating infrastructure and short-term funding cycles, a number of local initiatives offer promising approaches to fill reproductive health gaps. Reproductive Health for Refugees Project/JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., May 2009.

A Guide to Monitoring & Evaluation of NGO Capacity Building Interventions in Conflict-Affected Settings (PDF, 1.32 MB)

The guide provides a conceptual framework for the role and importance of high quality monitoring and evaluating (M&E) capacity-building interventions for NGOs operating in conflict-affected settings. Drawing on case studies, past research in capacity measurement and field testing, this guide offers principles for planning and implementing capacity building M&E; provides a selection of tools by which to measure progress against capacity-building objectives; and offers a set of indicators which NGOs can draw upon and adapt. Participatory approaches to capacity building M&E are emphasized. Fitzgerald, Molly; Posner, Jessica; Workman, Anna. Reproductive Health for Refugees Project/JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., February 2009.

Gender-Based Violence in Populations Affected by Armed Conflict: A Field Guide for Displaced Settings (PDF, 316 KB)

This booklet defines gender-based violence, describes different forms that it takes, and outlines ways that humanitarian aid programs can help to address gender-based violence in populations affected by armed conflict. This material was produced by the Gender-Based Violence Global Technical Support Project of the Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium. JSI/RHRC, 2004.

Gender-Based Violence in Populations Affected by Armed Conflict: Checklist for Action (PDF, 78.2 KB)

This small booklet is an addendum to the Field Guide for Displaced Settings. It reviews methods for humanitarian aid programs, involved in preventing gender-based violence. This material was adapted from a checklist developed by UNHCR, Geneva in 2003. JSI/RHRC, 2004.

Synopsis: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response. (PDF, 523 KB)

This booklet is an addendum to the Field Guide for Displaced Settings. The 2003 updated UNHCR Guidelines offer advice on how to design strategies and carry out activities aimed at preventing and responding to gender-based violence. JSI/RHRC, 2004.

Small Grants, Large Gains (PDF, 945 KB)

Included in this report are an extensive overview of the RHRC program and in-depth summaries of RHRC projects. This material was produced by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., on behalf of the Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium. JSI/RHRC, 2002.

Gender-Based Violence: Emerging Issues in Programs Serving Displaced Populations (PDF, 3.95 MB)

This book delineates the Gender-Based Violence program, including the program model and history, program development and training, and reports on GBV programs in the different countries. This material was produced by the GBV Global Technical Support Project and JSI Research & Training Institute on behalf of the Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium. This material is also available in French and Portuguese.
JSI/RHRC, 2002.

Safe Motherhood

Pregnancy Smoking Cessation Program Quality Assurance Monitoring & Evaluation (PDF, 7.66 MB)

In spring 2009, Vermont Department of Health, Tobacco Control Program contracted with JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. to conduct quality assurance monitoring and evaluation of its pilot smoking cessation during pregnancy incentive program currently operating in the Rutland and Newport district offices. The objective of the incentive program is to support and encourage quitting smoking early and throughout the pregnancy by recruiting women who smoke among the clients seeking WIC nutritional services. The final report details JSI's study approach, findings and conclusions following a literature review, and quality assurance monitoring and evaluation activities of the VDH Pregnancy Smoking Cessation Program. JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., 2009.

Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week Client Booklet (PDF, 236 KB)

This booklet was developed for women in the Central Asian Republics as a guide for what to expect during pregnancy, week-by-week, and how to manage common problems. It includes information on how the baby is growing, how the mother's body is changing, and provides tips for staying healthy. JSI/ZdravPlus Project, 2007.

Community-Based Maternal and Neonatal Care: Summative Report (PDF, 767 KB)

The Community-Based Maternal and Neonatal Care (CB-MNC) program of the Nepal Family Health Project (NFHP) was designed to address key health needs of mothers and newborns in Nepal who live in rural locations and have limited or no contact with facility-based health services. This document presents the summary details of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation effort conducted with assistance from Johns Hopkins University through the NFHP. The studies found a significant increase in skilled birth attendance and dramatic declines in maternal and neonatal mortality. Nepal Family Health Program/JHU, December 2007.

MotherCare Matters Vol. 9 No. 3: Behavioral Dimensions of Maternal Health & Survival (PDF, 386 KB)

This issue describes and assesses MotherCare's methods for improving the health and survival of mothers and newborns. September 2000.

MotherCare Matters. Vol. 9 No. 2: Improving Provider Performance—An Exploration of the Literature (PDF, 370 KB)

This issue gives an overview of a wide range of interventions that have been implemented in developed countries and resource-poor settings, with a major emphasis on maternal health and family planning. August 2000.

MotherCare Matters. Vol. 9 No. 1: Safe Motherhood Costing (PDF, 368 KB)

A discussion on how governments can estimate the cost and plan for the necessary funding to provide quality maternal and newborn services for the majority of populations in developing countries. July 2000.

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MotherCare Matters Vol. 8, No. 3-4: MotherCare's Community Assessments: Understanding family and Community Behaviours and Practices (PDF, 712 KB)

A comparative assessment of the findings in six countries provides an overview of family and community behaviors in key areas of safe motherhood. January 2000.

MotherCare Matters Vol 8, No. 2: Scaling-Up MotherCare (PDF, 271 KB)

MotherCare combined several scaling-up to increase its effect on maternal and neo-natal health over ten years of working in Guatemala and Bolivia. This issue defines and describes these efforts and their results. August 1999.

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MotherCare Matters Vol 8, No. 1: Safe Motherhood Indicators—Lessons Learned in Measuring Progress (PDF, 240 KB)

Measuring maternal mortality is extremely difficult. This issue examines the methods that MotherCare utilized to overcome the many challenges. May 1999.

Policy Brief 2: Safe Motherhood Indicators—Measuring Progress (PDF, 51 KB)

Marge Koblinsky. Safe Motherhood Indicators—Measuring Progress. MotherCare Policy Brief #2. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1999. (M751)

This helpful handout provides definitions and talking points for programs and persons advocating for maternal health.

Policy Brief 1: Essential Obstetric Care and Subsets—Basic and Emergency Obstetric Care: What's the Difference? (PDF, 52 KB)

Marge Koblinsky. Essential Obstetric Care and Subsets—Basic and Emergency Obstetric Care: What's the Difference. MotherCare Policy Brief #1. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1999. (M750)

This policy brief discusses of maternal mortality indicators and complexities therein.

MotherCare Matters Vol 7, No. 2: Family-Centered Maternity Care: MotherCare's Approach in Ukraine, Moldova and Russia

This briefing explains FCMC and its application in the Newly Independent States region in the years following the break-up of the Soviet Union. August 1998

MotherCare Matters Vol. 7, No. 1: Assessing Safe Motherhood Programs—India and Bangladesh

Large-scale safe motherhood programs in Bangladesh and India provide a rich resource for policy makers, program implementers and evaluators involved in such programs. This issue reports on the challenges and ways to overcome them. April 1998.

Africa Initiatives: Addressing Obstetric and Neonatal Complications in Africa from Community and Facility Perspectives. Descriptive reports from Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda (PDF, 281 KB)

This final report documents the efforts and outcomes of MotherCare's work in three sub-Saharan African countries. JSI MotherCare Arlington, VA: 1998.

Assessing Safe Motherhood in the Community: A Guide to Formative Research

This manual is a guide to assessing community aspects of Safe Motherhood. It is intended for investigators who have the responsibility for designing community research on Safe Motherhood, and for program managers who will work with them to ensure that the research is oriented toward program needs.

Nachbar, Nancy, Carol Baume, and Anjou Parekh. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1998. (M266)

Impact of Community Organization of Women on Perinatal Outcomes in Rural Bolivia (PDF, 324 KB)

O'Rourke, Kathleen, Lisa Howard-Grabman, and Guillermo Seoane. Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 3, No. 1 (1998). (M113)

Requests for this publication should be sent to: Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037.

MotherCare Matters Vol. 6, No. 4—Special Edition: Learning and Action in the First Decade—The MotherCare Experience

This special issue of MotherCare Matters highlights three demonstration projects and two applied research projects to illustrate how MotherCare's approach works in practice. JSI/MotherCare Project, 1997.

MotherCare Matters Vol. 6, No. 2: A Tribute to José Luis Bobadilla

This issue of MotherCare Matters is dedicated to José Luis Bobadilla, whose premature death was a profound loss for the public health and development communities. Learn about this incredible man through four abstracted publications which are representative of Dr. Bobadilla's work in maternal and perinatal health. March/April 1997.

Report on the Use of the Community Diagnosis to Explore Safe Motherhood: A Two-Country Comparison and Methodological Critique

Nachbar, Nancy. Technical Working Paper #6. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., September 1997. (M063)

MotherCare Matters Vol. 6, No.1: Micronutrients for the Health of Women and Newborns

In this issue of MotherCare Matters, three questions important to program managers of iron supplementation efforts are reviewed: How best to design, implement and evaluate programs aimed at addressing three micronutrient deficiencies? November/December 1996.

MotherCare Matters Vol. 5, No. 4: Improving Obstetrical and Neonatal Management: Lessons from Guatemala

The Quetzaltenango Maternal and Neonatal Health Project was developed by INCAP with MotherCare to improve obstetrical and neonatal services. This issue of MotherCare Matters provides an in-depth review of the interventions and results from the Quetzaltenango Maternal and Neonatal Health Project. August 1996.

Reduction of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in Rural and Peri-Urban Settings: What Works?

Kwast, Barbara E. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 69:47-53 (1996). (M060)

Requests for this publication should be sent to: Elsevier Science Regional Sales Office, Box 945, New York, NY 10159-0945, Fax: 212-633-3680.)

Reproductive Health: The MotherCare Experience

Turman, Tomris, Carla AbouZahr and Marjorie A. Koblinsky, eds# International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics Vol. 48 (suppl) (1995). (M003)

Analysis of the Vital Events Reporting System of the Maternal and Neonatal Health Project, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Bailey, Patricia E., Jose A. Szaszdi, Barbara Schieber MotherCare Technical Working Paper #3. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1995. (M259)

An Antenatal Risk Scoring System—East Java Safe Motherhood Study, Probolinggo District, East Java, Indonesia

Rochjati, Poedji, Prajitno Prabowo, Agus Abahdi, Benny Soegianto, Kresnayana Yahya with Barbara E. Kwast. MotherCare Technical Working Paper #2. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1995. (M258)

Delegation of Obstetric Care in Indonesia

Thouw, J. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.

Requests for this publication should be sent to: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Elsevier Science, Regional Sales Office, Box 945, New York, NY 10150, Fax: 212-633-3680.

Delivering Women-Centered Maternity Care with Limited Resources: Grenada

Laukaran, Virginia H., Adity Bhattacharyya and Beverly Winikoff. Reproductive Health Matters, Volume 2, Issue 4 (1994). (M059)

Indicators for Obstructed & Prolonged Labor, Puerperal Sepsis & Postpartum Hemorrhage. Profile of Admissions, Hospital Management, Coverage and Referral

Kwast, Barbara E. For The Safe Pregnancy Evaluation Project, The Carolina Population Center, in collaboration with Tulane University and the Futures Group MotherCare Working Paper #21. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1994. (M257)

MOTHERCARE: Lessons Learned 1989 - 1993: Summary Final Report

Gordis, Deborah, ed. with contributions by Marjorie A. Koblinsky, Colleen Conroy, Barbara Kwast and Kim Winnard. Arlington, VA: MotherCare/John Snow, Inc., 1994. (M056)

Safe Motherhood—The First Decade

Kwast, Barbara E. Midwifery. 9:105-123 (1993). (M053)

Requests for this publication should be sent to: Churchill Livingstone, Robert Stevenson House, 1-3 Baxter's Place, Leithwalk, Edinburgh, EH1 3AF, United Kingdom, Fax: 44-0-131-459-1177.)

Making Motherhood Safe (PDF, 10.0 MB)

Tinker, Anne and Marjorie A. Koblinsky et al. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1993. (M061)

Epidemiological Study of Vesicovaginal Fistulas in Ethiopia

Kelly, John and Barbara E. Kwast. International Urogynecological Journal 4:278-281 (1993). (M254)

Obstetric Vesicovaginal Fistulas: Evaluation of Failed Repairs

Kelly, John and Barbara E. Kwast. International Urogynecological Journal 4:271-273 (1993). (M255)

Programming for Safe Motherhood: A Guide to Action

Koblinsky, Marjorie A., Anne Tinker and Patricia Daly. Health Policy and Planning. 9(3): 252-266 (1993). (M304)

An Intervention to Reduce Maternal and Neonatal Mortality

Schieber, Barbara and Hernan Delgado. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala: MotherCare and INCAP, 1993. (M306)

Notes on an Appropriate Approach to Safe Motherhood

United States Agency for International Development/Jakarta, Indonesia. MotherCare Working Paper #8. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1991. (M058)

Achieving Safe Motherhood with Limited Resources: A Case Study of Maternal Care in Grenada

Hight-Laukaran, Virginia. MotherCare Working Paper #6. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1991. (M252)

Safe Motherhood: A Challenge to Midwifery Practice

Kwast, Barbara E. World Health Forum. 12:1-6 (1991). (M052)

Interventions to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Health and Nutrition

George, Nicolette. MotherCare Working Paper #4. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1990. (M301)

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are an increasing global health concern. JSI understands that the best defense against STIs are education and empowerment. JSI implements programs that inform international and domestic communities about STIs and to provide these groups with the resources to protect themselves.

Bacterial Vaginosis and Pre maturity in Indonesia: Association in Early and Late Pregnancy

Joesof, M. R., S. L. Hilier, B. Utomo, G. Wiknojosastro, M. Linnan, and N. Kandun. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 169(1):175-178 (1993). (M658)

(Please send requests for this publication to: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mosby - Year Book Reprints, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146-3318.)

Douching and sexually transmitted diseases in pregnant women in Surabaya, Indonesia

Joesof, M. R., H. Sumampouw, M. Linnan, A. Idajadi, N.E. St. Louis and S. Schmid. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 174(1):115-119 (1996). (M660)

Controlling STDs/HIV Within Dynamic Refugee Settings

Nersesian, Paula and Bill Brady. Refugee Participation Network Issue 20 (1995). (M655)

Intravaginal Clindamycin Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis: Effects on Preterm Delivery and Low Birth Weight

Joesof, M. R., S. Hilier, G. Wiknojosastro, H. Sumampouw, M. Linnan, and W. Norojono, A. Idajadi, and B. Utomo. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1995). (M659)

MotherCare Maternal/Congenital Syphilis Control Project: Qualitative Research Report

Pido, Donna K. MotherCare Working Paper #18. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc., 1993. (M652)

Women, Infants and STDs: Opportunities for Action in Developing Countries

Coyle, Joseph and Sally Di Paula. Report of the Conference held in Rosslyn, VA. November 7-8, 1991. Arlington, VA: MotherCare/John Snow, Inc., 1992. (M651)