Reporting on initiatives aimed at reducing maternal mortality through education; nutrition counselling; ante-, post, and neo-natal care; adequate delivery assistance; emergency care; and family planning counseling.
Infections of the reproductive tract (RTIs) and STIs/STDs infection levels. Behavioral patterns and attitudes towards risk. Identifying unmet needs, building awareness amongst those most at risk, and developing effective prevention strategies.
All terms and definitions, except where noted, are excerpted with permission
from the Population Reference Bureau's International Population Handbook, by
Arthur Haupt and Thomas Kane, 4th Edition, 1998.
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