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| Pakistan's maternal and newborn
mortality rates are some of the highest in the subcontinent. Every
20 minutes, a Pakistani woman dies due to complications of
pregnancy. Over 60% of newborn deaths occur within this first week
of life. The majority of these maternal and newborn deaths occur
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| The Pakistan Initiative for Mothers
and Newborns (PAIMAN) is a five-year, USAID-funded project aimed
at building the capacity of the existing health system and
fostering a community-based approach to ensure a continuum of care
for mothers and newborns. The project uses the Pathway to Care and
Survival, developed by JSI's Mothercare project, to create an
environment of increased awareness and informed decision making
across all levels of the health systems (more). |
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| PAIMAN
PUBLICATIONS |
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District Health Profiles |
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PAIMAN project has prepared district health profiles
with an objective to provide basic information about the
project districts with particular focus on district health
system. It provides overview on district specific
topography, demography, health indicators & fertility
behavior, administrative... (more). |
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Baseline Publications |
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Population Council is a lead partner in Monitoring and Evaluation
(M&E) of the project to ensure that the success of PAIMAN is
properly ascertained, and that the appropriate lessons are
learned. The M&E Plan includes the establishment... (more). |
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Qualitative Formative Research Findings |
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PAIMAN carried out
formative research study from September 2005 to May 2006 in
seven districts, 3 in Punjab (DG Khan, Khanewal and Rawalpindi),
2 in Sindh (Dadu and Sukkur) and one each in Balochistan (Jaffarabad)
and NWFP(Buner)...(more). |
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Health Facility Assessment |
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Existing health care delivery system, both in the
public and private sector, was assessed through Health
Facilities Assessment (HFA) in 10 PAIMAN districts. Overall
objective of the assessment was to describe the
availability, functioning and quality of health care
delivery system in the... (more). |
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LHWs to give free bed nets to pregnant women, children
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USAID video promotes better maternal health
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Maternal, newborn health plan reviewed
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Supplements can help cut 3.5m infant deaths, report finds
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$60m USAID Project Will Help Cut Mother, Child Mortality
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Undernutrition Causes Needless Deaths in Poor Countries
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Pakistan still way behind in reducing under-5 death rate
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Pakistan needs to do a lot more to prevent child deaths
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NWFP to get four ambulances
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NWFP to get four ambulances
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