Documentos e informes

Associer des Espaces Sûrs Avec des Mesures d’Accompagnement : Une Solution pour Maximiser les Effets sur l’Autonomisation des Adolescentes en Côte d’Ivoire (Francés)

This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...

Marshall Islands - Early Childhood Development Project II : Implementation Support Mission - May 20-24, 2024 (Inglés)

Drivers of Utilization, Quality of Care, and RMNCH-N Services in Bangladesh : A Comparative Analysis of Demand and Supply-Side Determinants Using Machine Learning for Investment Decision-Making (Inglés)

Amidst noticeable improvements and achievements in the reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child health, and nutrition (RMNCH-N) landscape in Bangladesh, existing evidence suggests that further accelerated...

Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation : Eighth Edition (Inglés)

In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It also...

Empowering Bangladesh’s Youth through Adolescent Health : Policy Brief (Inglés)

Adolescence is a dynamic period of biological development and social change, and also a period when adolescent girls are at risk of school dropout, early marriage, pregnancy, and gender-based violence...

A Review of Liberia’s Legislation through a Gender Lens (Inglés)

Women play a critical role in Liberia’s economic and social development, though institutional barriers limit their potential contribution and their personal well-being. Liberian women’s disadvantage begs...

Replication Redux : The Reproducibility Crisis and the Case of Deworming (Inglés)

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and school attendance for millions of children in many developing countries. Eleven years later...

Uganda - Reproductive Health Voucher Project (Inglés)

Ratings of Reproductive Health Voucher Project for Uganda were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was substantial. Some of the...

Burkina Faso - Reproductive Health Project (Inglés)

The Burkina Faso Reproductive Health Project had a satisfactory outcome with moderate risk to development outcome and satisfactory performance by both the Bank and the borrower. The lessons learned were:...

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Health System Strengthening for Better Maternal and Child Health Results Project : environmental assessment : Plan de gestion des dechets biomedicaux (Francés)

Maternal and child health out-of-pocket expenditure and service readiness in Lao PDR : evidence for the national free maternal and child health policy from a household and health center survey (2013 update) : ການຈ່າຍຄ່າບໍລິການໂດຍກົງຈາກຄົນເຈັບເພື່ອສຸຂະ (Laosiano)

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with mater¬nal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100,000 births in 1990 to 220 in 2013.1 However, in order for further gains to be realized...

Maternal health care in rural Uganda : leveraging traditional and modern knowledge systems (Francés)

This note reviews the Rural Extended Services and Care for Ultimate Emergency Relief (RESCUER) project in Uganda, started as an initiative to address strategies for expanding the maternal referral system...