Urban Reproductive Health Publications

This study aims to measure the performance of delivery centers (DCs) established to provide clean and safe delivery services by community health workers (CHW) as well as refer maternal and neonatal complications to an equipped hospital in urban slums in Dhaka city. Data was collected using qualitative methods during December 2009 – January 2010 from six DCs in the slums of Dhaka city.

This cross-sectional study was conducted to capture maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) related knowledge and practices among the participants of the Manoshi program and to explore the association between exposure to different Behavior Change Communication (BCC) approaches and changes in MNCH knowledge. This study also explored the acceptability of BCC materials among urban slum women, their families, and the community members as well as documented the behavior change interventions currently being used by the Manoshi program.

This publication provides the latest demographic data and information on 18 indicators for more than 200 countries. New in this edition are data on the percent of the population living on less than $2 a day. 

This article discusses a simple triage scorecard that was tested as a means of assessing maternal and newborn health risk with associations of health vulnerability with inadequate access to water, toilets, and electricity; non-durable housing; hazardous location; and rental tenancy.