Community-Based Distribution of Misoprostol for the Prevention of ...

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The Mayer Hashi project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
through Cooperative Agreement No. 388-09-00078-00 under the RESPOND Project Leader With Associates
award, which is managed by EngenderHealth, in partnership with John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health Center for Communication Programs and the Population Council.
This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through USAID. The contents are
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The Mayer Hashi Project, which means “Smiling Mother” in Bengali, aims to address the need for family
planning by expanding contraceptive choices and services and to prevent postpartum hemorrhage, the
primary cause of maternal mortality in Bangladesh.
Suggested citation: Mayer Hashi Project. 2010. Community-based distribution of misoprostol for the
prevention of postpartum hemorrhage: Evaluation of a pilot intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh.
Dhaka: EngenderHealth/Mayer Hashi Project.
Community-Based Distribution of Misoprostol for the Prevention of PPH
Mayer Hashi project