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101 relations: Abortion in Burkina Faso, Abortion in Poland, Acquired characteristic, AmeriCares, Barangay Health Volunteers, Birth attendant, Caesarean section, Child health and nutrition in Africa, Childlessness, Circle of Health International, Delivery after previous Caesarean section, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Demographic and Health Surveys, Dental assistant, Essential health benefits, Establishment of the World Health Organization, Family, Fred T. Sai, Gender disparities in health, Gender inequality in Nepal, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, Global issue, Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, Health, Health care, Health human resources, Health in China, Health in Guatemala, Health in Uganda, Helene D. Gayle, History of early childhood care and education, Hubli Sandbox, Human rights and development, ICD-10 Chapter XVI: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period, Index of health articles, Index of human sexuality articles, International rankings of Iran, Japonica Partners, Jhpiego, John Dau Foundation, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, Josephine Nambooze, Kakatiya Sandbox, Kate Isabel Campbell, Keith Paora Curry, Kelsey Harrison, Kesetebirhan Admasu, Lesley McCowan, List of MeSH codes (N02), Liya Kebede, ..., Louise Stevens Bryant, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership – MaNHEP, Maternal health in Angola, Maternal health in Rwanda, Maternal Health Task Force, Maternal healthcare in Texas, Maternal mortality in the United States, Matilda J. Clerk, MCH, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Foundation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Minted, Mondialogo Engineering Award, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Obstetric fistula, Outline of health, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, PATH (global health organization), PMA2020, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Primary care, Public health, Refugee women, Reproductive health, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, Reproductive justice, Reproductive rights, Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report, Science for Society, Seleni Institute, Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Stéphane Dion, Stockholm Environment Institute, Susan Bewley, Susan Ofori-Atta, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goal 16, Telehealth, Traditional birth attendant, Tuberculosis in China, University of North Texas Health Science Center, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, Women Deliver, Women in cooperatives, Women's health, Women's health in India, World Health Organization, Zubia Mumtaz. Expand index (51 more) »
Abortion in Burkina Faso
Abortion in Burkina Faso is only legal if the abortion will save the woman's life, the pregnancy gravely endangers the woman's physical or mental health, the child will potentially be born with an incurable disease, or in cases where the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, so long as it is proven by a state prosecutor.
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Abortion in Poland
Abortion in Poland is illegal except in cases of rape, when the woman's life or any form of health is in jeopardy, or if the fetus is irreparably damaged.
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Acquired characteristic
An acquired characteristic is a non-heritable change in a function or structure of a living biotic material caused after birth by disease, injury, accident, deliberate modification, variation, repeated use, disuse, or misuse, or other environmental influences.
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AmeriCares
Americares is a non-profit disaster relief and global health organization providing immediate response to emergency medical needs and supporting long-term health care initiatives for people in the United States and around the world.
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Barangay Health Volunteers
The Barangay Health Volunteer, also known as Barangay Health Worker, is a category of health care providers in the Philippines.
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Birth attendant
A birth attendant, also known as "skilled birth attendant" ("SBA"), is a midwife, physician, obstetrician, nurse, or other health care professional who provides basic and emergency health care services to women and their newborns during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
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Caesarean section
Caesarean section, also known as C-section or caesarean delivery, is the use of surgery to deliver one or more babies.
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Child health and nutrition in Africa
Child health and nutrition in Africa is concerned with the health care of children through adolescents in the various countries of Africa.
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Childlessness
Childlessness is the state of people – men and women – not having children.
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Circle of Health International
Circle of Health International, known as COHI for short, is a US based non-governmental organization founded in 2004 with the mission to work with women and their communities with a community based approach in times of crisis.
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Delivery after previous Caesarean section
In case of a previous Caesarean section a subsequent pregnancy can be planned beforehand to be delivered by either of the following two main methods.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.
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Demographic and Health Surveys
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program is responsible for collecting and disseminating accurate, nationally representative data on health and population in developing countries.
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Dental assistant
Dental assistants (also known as dental nurses) are members of the dental team.
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Essential health benefits
Essential health benefits (EHBs) have been defined since the 2010 United States Affordable Care Act as a set of benefits which Individually purchased health insurance in the United States and insurance plans in small group markets, both inside and outside of the Health Insurance Marketplace must cover for people.
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Establishment of the World Health Organization
The Establishment of World Health Organization occurred on 7 April 1948, when its new constitution was ratified by a twenty-sixth nation.
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Family
Every person has his/her own family.mother reproduces with husband for children.In the context of human society, a family (from familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage or other relationship), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of the English word "family" from Latin familia 'family servants, domestics collectively, the servants in a household,' thus also 'members of a household, the estate, property; the household, including relatives and servants,' abstract noun formed from famulus 'servant, slave ') or some combination of these.
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Fred T. Sai
Frederick Torgbor Sai (born 27 June 1924) is a Ghanaian academic and family health physician who co-founded the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana in 1967.
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Gender disparities in health
WHO has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Identified by the 2012 World Development Report as one of two key human capital endowments, health can influence an individual’s ability to reach his or her full potential in society.
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Gender inequality in Nepal
Gender inequality in Nepal refers to disparities and inequalities between men and women in Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia.
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Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth
The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) was founded in 2007 as an initiative of Seattle Children’s.
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Global issue
Informally, a global issue is issue that any social, economic, political or environmental problem that adversely affects the global community and our environment, possibly in a catastrophic way.
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Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health
The Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health is a program of the United Nations (UN) directed at improving women's and children's health in the developing world.
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Health
Health is the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute, and utilize energy with maximum efficiency.
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Health care
Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.
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Health human resources
Health human resources (HHR) – also known as human resources for health (HRH) or health workforce – is defined as "all people engaged in actions whose primary intent is to enhance health", according to the World Health Organization's ''World Health Report 2006''.
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Health in China
See also Healthcare in China.
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Health in Guatemala
Health in Guatemala is focused on many different systems of prevention and care.
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Health in Uganda
Health in Uganda refers to the health of the population of Uganda.
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Helene D. Gayle
Helene D. Gayle (born August 16, 1955), is an American doctor who is the CEO of The Chicago Community Trust.
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History of early childhood care and education
The History of early childhood care and education (ECCE) refers to the development of care and education of children between zero and eight years old throughout history.
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Hubli Sandbox
The Hubli Sandbox in Hubballi, India is an ecosystem launched by Deshpande Foundation that supports mission-driven individuals to come up with sustainable and scalable enterprises having social and economic impact.
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Human rights and development
Human rights and development aims converge in many instances and are beneficial only to the government and not the people although there can be conflict between their different approaches.
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ICD-10 Chapter XVI: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
ICD-10 is an international statistical classification used in health care and related industries.
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Index of health articles
Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.
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Index of human sexuality articles
Human sexuality covers a broad range of topics, including the physiological, psychological, social, cultural, political, philosophical, ethical, moral, theological, legal and spiritual or religious aspects of sex and human sexual behavior.
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International rankings of Iran
The following are international rankings for Iran.
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Japonica Partners
Japonica Partners & Co. is an American multinational private equity firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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Jhpiego
Jhpiego is an "international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University." The group was founded in 1973 and initially called the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, but is now referred to simply as Jhpiego (pronounced "ja-pie-go").
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John Dau Foundation
The John Dau Foundation (JDF), also known as John Dau Sudan Foundation (JDSF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was established in July 2007 to develop health facilities that currently do not exist for most of the populations of Duk, Twic East and Bor South Counties in the State of Jonglei in South Sudan.
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Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) was founded over 30 years ago by Phyllis Tilson Piotrow as a part the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's department of Health, Behavior, and Society and is located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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Josephine Nambooze
Josephine Nambooze MBChB, DMCH, MPH, is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic, and medical researcher.
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Kakatiya Sandbox
The Kakatiya Sandbox in Telangana is modeled on the Deshpande Foundation’s Hubli Sandbox in its operations and approach.
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Kate Isabel Campbell
Dr Dame Kate Isabel Campbell, DBE, FRCOG (22 April 1899 — 12 July 1986) was a noted Australian physician and paediatrician.
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Keith Paora Curry
Keith Paora Curry (sometimes Keith Paul Curry) was the first male nurse in New Zealand's Plunket maternal health service.
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Kelsey Harrison
Kelsey Atangamuerimo Harrison is an emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and former vice-chancellor of University of Port Harcourt, who contributed immensely to studies of maternal health, especially during pregnancy.
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Kesetebirhan Admasu
Kesetebirhan (Kesete) Admasu is a medical doctor and public health specialist who was the Minister of Health of Ethiopia between November 2012 and 2016.
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Lesley McCowan
Lesley Margaret Elizabeth McCowan (CNZM) is a New Zealand medical researcher and academic specialising in maternal health.
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List of MeSH codes (N02)
The following is a list of the "N" codes for MeSH.
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Liya Kebede
Liya Kebede (ሊያ ከበደ; born 1 March 1978) is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress.
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Louise Stevens Bryant
Louise Stevens Bryant (1885–1956) was an American public health specialist, writer, editor and publicist.
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Maternal and Child Health Journal
The Maternal and Child Health Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering maternal and child health.
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Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership – MaNHEP
The Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP), based at, is a two-and-a-half year initiative to demonstrate a community-oriented model for improving maternal and newborn health (MNH) care in rural Ethiopia.
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Maternal health in Angola
Maternal health in Angola is a very complicated issue.
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Maternal health in Rwanda
The main aspects of maternal health are prenatal care, post-natal care, family planning and preconception.
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Maternal Health Task Force
Launched in 2008 with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) is a global project focused on improving maternal health through better coordination, communication, and facilitation between existing maternal health organizations, as well as with experts in related fields.
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Maternal healthcare in Texas
Maternal healthcare in Texas refers to the provision of family planning services, abortion options, pregnancy-related services, and physical and mental well-being care for women during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
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Maternal mortality in the United States
Maternal mortality refers to the rate in which mothers die from pregnancy-related causes.
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Matilda J. Clerk
Matilda Johanna Clerk (2 March 1916 – 27 December 1984) was a medical pioneer and a science educator on the Gold Coast and in West Africa as well as the second Ghanaian woman to become an orthodox medicine-trained physician.
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MCH
MCH may refer to.
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Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were the eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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Millennium Foundation
The Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health is an independent, non-profit Swiss organization, established in November 2008 in order to create new ways to finance health systems in low- and middle-income countries.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India.
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Minted
Minted is an online marketplace of independent artists and designers.
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Mondialogo Engineering Award
The Mondialogo Engineering Award was established by Daimler and UNESCO to encourage cooperation and dialogue between engineering people from different countries and cultures, working together across continents on a joint project activity.
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Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) are household surveys implemented by countries under the programme developed by the United Nations Children's Fund to provide internationally comparable, statistically rigorous data on the situation of children and women.
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Obstetric fistula
Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a hole develops in the birth canal as a result of childbirth.
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Outline of health
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health: Health – functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism.
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Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) is a multi-constituency partnership hosted by the World Health Organization and chaired by Graça Machel.
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PATH (global health organization)
PATH (formerly the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) is an international, nonprofit global health organization based in Seattle, with 1,600 employees in more than 70+ offices around the world.
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PMA2020
Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) is a household and facility survey for Family Planning and Water and Sanitation in Burkina Faso, DR Congo (Kinshasa and Kongo Central), Ethiopia, Ghana, India (Rajasthan), Indonesia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda.
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Poverty
Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain (variant) amount of material possessions or money.
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Poverty reduction
Poverty reduction, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.
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Primary care
Primary care is the day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider.
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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Refugee women
Refugee women face gender-specific challenges in navigating daily life at every stage of their migration experience.
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Reproductive health
Within the framework of the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life.
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Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition is a global partnership of public, private and non-governmental organizations.
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Reproductive justice
Reproductive justice is a concept that links reproductive rights with social justice.
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Reproductive rights
Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world.
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Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report
The Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report (SOWM report) is an annual report by the Save the Children USA, which compiles statistics on the health of mothers and children and uses them to produce rankings of more than 170 countries, showing where mothers fare best and where they face the greatest hardships.
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Science for Society
Science for Society (also known as S4S) started in 2008 as an informal group of students from different backgrounds including engineering, medical, business and science.
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Seleni Institute
The Seleni Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to women's physical and mental health, focusing on enhancing the quality of maternal and reproductive mental health.
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Sexual and reproductive health and rights or SRHR is the concept of human rights applied to sexuality and reproduction.
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Stéphane Dion
Stéphane Maurice Dion (born 28 September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, political scientist, and former politician who has been the Canadian ambassador to Germany and special envoy to the European Union since May 2017.
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Stockholm Environment Institute
The Stockholm Environment Institute, or SEI, is a non-profit, independent research and policy institute specialising in sustainable development and environmental issues.
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Susan Bewley
Susan Jane Bewley (born July 1958) is a British consultant obstetrician, and professor of complex obstetrics at King's College London.
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Susan Ofori-Atta
Susan Barbara Gyankorama Ofori-Atta also de-Graft Johnson (1917 – 1985) was a Ghanaian medical doctor - the first female doctor on the Gold Coast.
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Sustainability
Sustainability is the process of change, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations.
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Sustainable Development Goal 16
Sustainable Development Goal 16 (Goal 16, SDG16 or SDG 16) - peace, justice and strong institutions - is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015.
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Telehealth
Telehealth involves the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies.
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Traditional birth attendant
A traditional birth attendant (TBA), also known as a traditional midwife, community midwife or lay midwife, is a pregnancy and childbirth care provider.
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Tuberculosis in China
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in China.
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University of North Texas Health Science Center
The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) is a graduate-level institution of the University of North Texas System, located on a 33-acre campus in the Cultural District of Fort Worth, Texas.
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White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
The White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) is a nonpartisan, non-profit and non-governmental membership organization that aims to decrease maternal and newborn death globally.
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Women Deliver
Women Deliver is a global advocacy organization that works to generate political commitment and financial investment for fulfilling Millennium Development Goal 5—reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health.
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Women in cooperatives
A cooperative ("co-op") is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual, social, economic, and cultural benefit through a mutually owned and democratically-run enterprise.
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Women's health
Women's health refers to the health of women, which differs from that of men in many unique ways.
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Women's health in India
Women's health in India can be examined in terms of multiple indicators, which vary by geography, socioeconomic standing and culture.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.
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Zubia Mumtaz
Zubia Mumtaz is a Pakistani-Canadian Associate Professor at the University of Alberta.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_health
