Improving Maternal and Reproductive Health in South Asia : Drivers and Enablers

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Analytical Framework: Drivers and Enablers for Improving Maternal and Reproductive Health Outcomes -- Research Methodology -- Organization of the Report -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Regional Trends in Maternal and Reproductive Health -- Key Messages -- Regional Context -- Maternal Mortality -- Maternal Health -- Reproductive Health -- Note -- Chapter 3 Household Drivers -- Key Messages -- Introduction -- Household Gender Dynamics -- Access to Information and Increased Use of Services -- Women's Education and Household Income -- Chapter 4 Program Drivers -- Key Messages -- Introduction -- Skilled Birth Attendance -- Institutional Delivery -- Emergency Obstetric Care -- Safe Abortion Services and Post-Abortion Care -- Family Planning -- Antenatal Care and Female Community Health Workers -- Chapter 5 Health Sector Drivers -- Key Messages -- Introduction -- Health Care Financing -- Health Service Delivery -- Human Resources for Health -- Essential Drugs and Health Commodities -- Health Information Systems -- Leadership and Governance -- Note -- Chapter 6 Community Enablers -- Key Messages -- Introduction -- Deploying Community-Based Female Health Workers -- Community-Based Interventions -- Engaging Community Leaders -- Reaching Economically and Socially Marginalized Women -- Chapter 7 Multisectoral Enablers -- Key Messages -- Introduction -- Education -- Transport and Communications -- Water and Sanitation -- Nutrition -- Energy -- Conditional Cash Transfers -- Microcredit -- Chapter 8 Contextual Enablers -- Key Messages -- Introduction -- Political Enablers -- Economic Enablers -- Demographic Enablers -- Sociocultural Enablers -- Chapter 9 No Single Intervention Is Sufficient -- What Worked.