Investing in maternal health : learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka (English)

This study provides the most comprehensive and detailed analysis available on factors behind the decline in maternal mortality in Malaysia and Sri Lanka in the past 50 to 60 years and the magnitude of health system expenditures on maternal health. The main findings are that a modest investment in maternal health services, combined with other poverty reduction measures leads to a fairly rapid decline in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), defined as...

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Pathmanathan, Indra;

Liljestrand, Jerker;

Martins,;
Document Date
2003/12/31
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
25901
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malaysia, Sri Lanka,
Region
South Asia, East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Investing in maternal health : learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka
Keywords
swedish international development authority

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Pathmanathan, Indra; Liljestrand, Jerker; Martins,.

Investing in maternal health : learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka (English). Health, nutrition, and population series Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/367761468760748311

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