Safe Motherhood: A Review - Family Care International

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Major Activities/Publications Area of Emphasis/Action
• Information Tools & Resources:
- SM: the NGO Challenge (1989)
- Challenge for the Nineties: Safe
Motherhood in South Asia (1990, full and
summary versions)
- The Challenge of Survival: Safe
Motherhood in the SADCC Region (1991)
- SM brochure (1992, 1994) in English,
Spanish, French, Arabic
- Global Fact Sheet (1992)
- Regional Fact Sheets (1990, 1994—
South Asia, West Africa, Southern and
Lusophone Africa, Mexico and
Andean region)
- Mexico & Andean SM conference
declaration and report (1994)
- Report of the Central America SM
conference (1994, Spanish)
- Safe Motherhood Action Kit (1994) in
English, Arabic
- Safe Motherhood in Latin America and
Caribbean (1994) monograph
- Videos of the SM Regional Workshops:
SADCC (1991) and South Asia (1990)
- Vital Allies: Making Motherhood Safe for
the World’s Women video (1992, long and
summary versions)
• Meeting of Partners for SM
(Washington DC, 1992); background
document; conference report (full and
summary versions)
• Program Guidelines Workshop
(Washington DC, 1992);
conference report
• Issues in Essential Obstetric Care Technical
Meeting (New York, 1995);
conference report
To provide information resources on safe
motherhood
Review progress of the SMI at the local,
national, and international levels; discuss
priorities; and generate support for field-level
programs. Shift from advocacy to design and
implementation of community-level programs
Gathered international experts to work
toward development of SM program
guidelines for World Bank staff and others
Held to clarify the definition of EmOC, bridge
the gap between research and program
planning, and stimulate field-level activity