For family planning programmes to be as effective as possible in relation to maternal health
they should exist vvithin a context of other development programmes aimed at improving the …

Written for use in developing countries, this handbook is intended for nurses, midwives and
doctors who are setting up family planning services or who would like to start training …

The Population Council began a study about four years ago to determine whether the
provision of maternal and child health/family planning (MCH/FP) services to all the women of …

The future of a country, and of humankind, depends on its children. For children to grow into
healthy, able adults, they need good food, clean water, education, and medical care. But first …

The long neglected tragedy of excessively high maternal mortality rates among women in
developing countries finally received attention from the international health community at the …

This paper outlines the health problems of mothers, discusses the links between maternal
health and child health, and emphasizes the need to focus attention more clearly on the …

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Abstract When the “Health Theme in Family Planning” was formulated by this author ten
years ago (l) f most of the data came from the more developed countries. Evidence for the …

PIP: Better hygiene, nutrition, housing, health care and education are needed to prevent
some of the estimated 15 million deaths in children under 5 and 500,000 maternal deaths …

PIP: To make family planning more readily acceptable to the people of developing countries,
programs must be developed which are more compatible with their basic desires. The …