Publications
Advocacy Workshop: Harnessing UK expertise in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to achieve MDGs 4 and 5 (March 2008)
"Going the Extra Mile" (Download - 211 Kb) - Translating Research into Policy and Practice: "Going the Extra Mile" - Wendy Graham
Achieving MDGs 4 & 5 (Download - 1345 Kb) - Achieving MDGs 4 & 5: A global perspective on MNCH advocacy - Dr Francisco Songane - Director - PMNCH
Challenges of Meeting MDG4 and MDG5 in Bangladesh (Download - 2141 Kb) - Challenges of Meeting MDG4 and MDG5 in Bangladesh - Prof Kishwar Azad - DAB Perinatal Care Project
Combined advocacy on HIV and AIDS (Download - 1208 Kb) - The experience of combined advocacy on HIV and AIDS - Stephen Cockburn
How can UK advocates support the Partnership for MNCH? (Download - 1881 Kb) - How can UK advocates support the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health? Dr Arletty Pinel - UNFPA
Presentation by Dr David McCoy (Download - 78 Kb)
Sarah Brown's G8 speech (Download - 43 Kb) - Sarah Brown advocates for improved maternal health at the G8 and on World Population Day
WCF Workshop Agenda (Download - 124 Kb) - The final agenda for our workshop to be held on 6th March 2008
What can we learn (Download - 2918 Kb) - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV/AIDS linkages - What we can learn - Kate Hawkins
Why Equity Matters (Download - 1902 Kb) - Linking Maternal & Child Health - Why Equity Matters - Alice Schmidt - Save the Children
Community Mobilisation
Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health (Download - 160 Kb) - Lancet 2008; 372:962-71
Economic Assessment of a women's group intervention to improve birth outcomes in rural Nepal (Download - 63 Kb) - Lancet 2005; 366:1882-1884
Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial (Download - 465 Kb) - Lancet 2004; 364: 970-979
Impact of Community Organization of Women on Perinatal Outcomes in Rural Bolivia (Download - 325 Kb) - Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health1998; 3(1): 9-14
Women's health groups to improve perinatal care in rural Nepal (Download - 1311 Kb) - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2005; 5:6
Working with Individuals, Families and Communities to improve Maternal and Newborn Health (Download - 771 Kb) - World Health Organisation, Geneva (2003)
Health Service Strengthening
Effect of home-based neonatal care and management of sepsis on neonatal mortality: field trial in rural health (Download - 113 Kb) - Lancet 1999; 354: 1955-1961
World Health Report 2006: Working Together for Health (Download - 641 Kb) - World Health Organisation, Geneva
Maternal Health
DFID's Maternal Health Strategy: Second Progress Report (Download - 830 Kb) - Department for International Development (DFID): Progress Report (2007)
DFID's Maternal Health Strategy: Third Progress Report (Download - 2057 Kb) - Department for International Development (DFID): Progress Report (2008)
Global Plan of Action to reduce maternal and newborn deaths (Download - 195 Kb) - WHO 2007
How to Reduce Maternal Deaths: rights and responsibilities (Download - 421 Kb) - Department for International Development (DFID): How to note (2005)
Men as Partners for Maternal Health (Download - 49 Kb) - UN Secretary General Announcement for World Population Day: 11th July 2007
Reducing maternal deaths: Evidence and action (Download - 332 Kb) - Department for International Development (DFID): Maternal Health Strategy (2004)
Road Map for Accelerating the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity in Malawi (Download - 180 Kb) - Ministry of Health, Malawi (2005)
State of the World's Mothers 2006: Saving the Lives of Mothers and Newborns (Download - 1703 Kb) - Save the Children
The World Health Report 2005: make every mother and child count (Download - 5513 Kb) - World Health Organisation, Geneva
Women’s groups’ perceptions of maternal health issues in rural Malawi (Download - 260 Kb) - Lancet 2006; 368:1180-88
Newborn Health
Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Increases Risk of Neonatal Mortality (Download - 272 Kb) - Pediatrics 2006; 177: 380-386
Executive Summary (Download - 160 Kb) - The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series (2005)
Saving Newborn Lives: Tools for Newborn Health (Download - 1362 Kb) - Save the Children (2004)
The Healthy Newborn - A Reference Manual for Program Managers (Download - 736 Kb) - Care
NEWS
Anderson T (2010) How can child and maternal mortality be cut? BMJ 340:c431 (Download - 194 Kb) - BMJ Aricle on How can child and maternal mortality be cut
First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage (Download - 55 Kb) - HSR Symposium Registration Announcement
HRC Resolution on maternal mortality adopted 17 June2009 (Download - 67 Kb)
Investing in Our Common Future: Healthy Women, Healthy Children (Download - 131 Kb) - Investing in Our Common Future: Healthy Women, Healthy Children
Letter to Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank (Download - 269 Kb) - Letter to Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, asking to support free healthcare for women and children by the removal of user fees
Mothers Day Card 2010 (Download - 299 Kb) - Support WCF this Mother's Day by sending this free Mother's Day Ecard
The Consensus for Maternal and Newborn Health (Download - 37 Kb) - The Consensus for Maternal and Newborn Health
Thousands of Pregnant Womem as much at risk as they were 100 years ago (Download - 31 Kb) - Press release on International Women's Day IDW
Women's support groups make dramatic improvements on neonatal survival rates (Download - 37 Kb) - Lancet Article showing that women's support groups make dramatic improvements on neonatal survival rates
Women and Children First and The Royal College of Midwives Event: From Pledges to Progress: UK Advocates Working Together to Advance MDGs 4 and 5 (May 2009)
Emergency Obstetric Care to Save Women’s Lives - Nynke van den Broek - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Download - 2603 Kb) - Emergency Obstetric Care to Save Women’s Lives - Nynke van den Broek - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine