Community Midwifery Education Program in Afghanistan

In the immediate post conflict period, Afghanistan's health services were in a deplorable and chaotic state. Access and utilization of reproductive health services and skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month after delive...

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Main Author:	Mohmand, Khalil Ahmad
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BABY BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BASIC REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BASIC REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIG CITIES BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS CARE DURING PREGNANCY CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILDBIRTH CHILDBIRTH COMPLICATIONS CHILDBIRTHS CLINICS COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY COMPREHENSIVE CARE CULTURAL PRACTICES CULTURAL REALITIES DELIVERY CARE DISEASE DOCTOR DOCTORS DYING EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION OF WOMEN EMERGENCY CARE EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL RIGHTS FAMILIES FAMILY CARE FAMILY CARE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY SUPPORT FATHER FEMALE FEMALE PROVIDERS FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION GENDER GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER SENSITIVITY GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE WORKERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COMMITTEES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OF MOTHERS HEALTH OF WOMEN HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH TARGETS HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUSBANDS INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFECTION PREVENTION INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF MIDWIVES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOURNAL OF WOMEN LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITIES MALE HEALTH MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEDICAL BULLETIN MEDICINE MIDWIFE MIDWIFERY MIDWIFES MIDWIVES MILLENNIUM DECLARATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NEONATAL HEALTH NEONATAL MORTALITY NEWBORN NEWBORN CARE NEWBORN HEALTH NEWBORNS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OBSTETRIC SERVICES OBSTETRICS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONAL BEHAVIOR PHYSICIAN PHYSIOTHERAPISTS POLICY LEVEL POLICY MAKERS POLICY-MAKING PROCESS POPULATION DISCUSSION POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSES PREGNANT WOMAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES PROGNOSIS PROGRESS PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF SERVICES RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE AGE MORTALITY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAFE MOTHERHOOD SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICES TO WOMEN SEX SEXUALITY SKILLED ATTENDANCE SKILLED ATTENDANTS SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SKILLED CARE SOCIAL COMMISSION SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL STATUS SPECIALIST SPECIALISTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL HEALERS UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNSAFE ABORTION URBAN POPULATIONS VULNERABILITY WOMAN WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19406500/community-midwifery-education-program-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18701