Prenatal care is an essential segment of maternal health-care. In this paper an attempt has been made to examine the … sufficient iron supplementation respectively has been taken from Indian Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) 2005-6. To estimate … into individual characteristics of the woman, household characteristics, health-related characteristics, community …

Demographic and Health Survey of 2008 - 2009 together with additional administrative data. Both a single-level model and a multi … on birth weight. The results imply that infant health can be improved by using prenatal care adequately. The study calls … for the pursuit of policies that encourage adequate use of prenatal care by expectant mothers such as ensuring …

Despite the freely and publicly provided health care in Botswana, the proportion of low birth weight infants increased …-income countries and may question the effectiveness of care. Using the 2007/08 Botswana Family Health Survey data collected by …

care and newborn health outcomes is scarce. In 2008, Uruguay’s Ministry of Public Health implemented a P4P called Metas … certain maternal and newborn healthcare goals. Health organizations use these funds to provide maternal and child health … Asistenciales program on maternal and newborn health outcomes. We find that in the institutions affected by the program, 10 …

identification of causal effects is particularly challenging in this literature because women enter pregnancy with varying states of … health, resources and the desire to have a child and it is not feasible to conduct randomized controlled trials that deny …

Background: The term “reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)” describes an integrated continuum of … health states which is central to Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. While the burden of mortality and morbidity … databases checked were Medline (Pubmed), Embase and ECONbase, EconLit, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL …