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Author
(year)
(IV)/(EV)
Lim
(2010)
(++)/(++)
Ronsmans
(2001)
(+)/(+)
Target population Brief intervention description Targeted
outcome(s)
In some Indian states,
all women were eligible
for the intervention. In
others, only women
with a below the
poverty line card were
eligible.
Janani Suraksha Yojana (translated as
safe motherhood scheme), a national
conditional cash transfer scheme to
incentivise women of low socioeconomic
status to give birth in a health facility.
Women in general Safe Motherhood programme
implemented by Mother Care and
Ministry of Health in Indonesia.
Interventions included training,
deployment and supervision of a large
number of professional midwives in
villages; an information, education and
communication (IEC) strategy to
increase use of village midwives for
birth; and a district-based maternal and
perinatal audit (MPA).
Maternal
mortality
Neonatal
mortality
Perinatal
mortality
Births admitted
to hospital
requiring CS or
other life-saving
intervention
Findings summary
Appendix 4.3
Findings suggest that the programme
is reducing perinatal and neonatal
mortality but its effect on maternal
mortality remains unknown. (Note:
the study may not have been powered
to detect differences in maternal
mortality).
The programme did not increase the
use of specialised obstetric care for
those in need. The proportion
admitted to hospital for a Caesarean
section declined from 1.7 to 1.4% and
the proportion admitted to hospital
with a complication requiring a lifesaving
intervention declined from 1.1%
to 0.7%.
What are the effects of different models of delivery for improving maternal and infant health outcomes for poor people in urban areas in low income
and lower middle income countries?
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