Untitled DocumentNational Alliance For Maternal Health And Human Rights (NAMHHR)Jan-Aug 2011 WHAT NAMHHR HAS BEEN DOING IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS: 1. Action on cases of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (a) Submissions of the NAMHHR on Barwani maternal deaths to various Government officials on 19th January led to: -Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare to ask for an Enquiry -National Human Rights Commission to demand reports from local officials -Ministry of Health and Fam
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National Alliance For Maternal Health And Human Rights
(NAMHHR)Jan-Aug 2011 WHAT NAMHHR HAS BEEN DOING IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS: 1. Action on cases of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (a)
Submissions of the NAMHHR on Barwani maternal deaths to various
Government officials on 19th January led to: -Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare to ask for an
Enquiry -National Human Rights Commission to demand reports from
local officials -Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to carry out
a fact-finding (b) Civil Society Action on Maternal Health: A
Strategic Meeting was co-organized on the 1st of March where
findings of a 3 member civil society fact finding team to
investigate the series of maternal deaths in Barwani District
Hospital were shared and future course of action was chartered. (c)
NAMHHR ( represented by our Associate AIDMAM-NCDHR) was a part of a
civil society fact finding team to Barwani on 26th and 27th of
August. This team visited the District Hospital and a few CHCs to
ascertain if any changes had occurred since the last fact-finding
six months ago and to meet with the CMO and CS of the District 2.
Work around Maternal Nutrition (a) Discussions on Indira Gandhi
Matritva Sahayog Yojana (IGMSY) scheme on 25th February which
facilitated consensus among women's organizations, unions,
researchers, lawyers and public health experts towards a critical
analysis of the IGMSY. Please read more (link here to blog). (b)
Planning Commission co-organized a Civil Society Window on IGMSY on
the 3rd of May to discuss the scheme 3. Alliance Building Issue
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Co-organized with SAMA, SAHAJ, Commonhealth and PRAYAS a
National Consultation (1112th July) withon Reviewing the NRHM:
Through a Gender and Rights Lens. The consultation brought together
a total of 64 participants from womens organizations, rights-based
groups and key stakeholders to deliberate on how the future designs
of the NRHM can be strengthened using a gender and rights
perspective.
4. Consultations and Conferences attendedq
Roundtable on Maternal Health Litigation and Advocacy on August
18 2011, co-organized by CRR, HRLN, White Ribbon Alliance and IPPF.
Please read more (link to NAMHHR blog, where we will upload report
sent by Pratibha.
5. NAMMHR contributed to the Joint CSOs recommendation to the
Commission on Information and Accountability for Womens and
Childrens Health 6. NAMHHR Steering Committee Meetings: (a) Held on
24th February and 13th July (b) SC conference call meeting on 21st
May UPCOMING EVENTS Civil Society Meeting and Meeting various
Government Officials on 6th September in Bhopal to share with civil
society and State level officials about updated situation in
Barwani. The meeting also seeks to bring together local
organizations and activists to take forward the issue of maternal
health in Madhya Pradesh. UPDATES NAMHHR welcomes its new associate
members: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch,
New Delhi CHETNA, Gujarat and Rajasthan International Community of
Women Living with HIV/AIDS, New Delhi Jagrit Adivasi Dalit
Sangathan, Madhya Pradesh Ms. Jaya Valenkar, New Delhi URMUL Trust,
Rajasthan
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RESOURCES ON MATERNAL HEALTH Webq
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Quality and Effectiveness of EmOC and Referral Services Example.
Read consolidated reply at
ftp://ftp.solutionexchange.net.in/public/mch/cr/cr-se-mch-25021101.pdf
Integration of HIV and Maternal Health
ftp://ftp.solutionexchange.net.in/public/aids/resource/
res03011101.doc Still births absent from the global health agenda
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx? reportid=92476 A review of
global accountability mechanisms for womens and childrens health
http://www.
who.int/pmnch/media/press_materials/pr/2011/accountability-mechanisms/en/index.html
Hunger alarm: The Global Hunger Index report paints a gloomy
picture of South Asia and SubSaharan Africa OHCHR Report on Good
and Effective Practices in Using a Human Rights Based Approach to
preventable MMM.
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/18session/A-HRC-1827_en.pdf
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Pathmanathan Indra and Liljestrand Jerker (2003): Investing in
Maternal Health: Learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka, World Bank
Publications. 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. Koblinsky, Marjorie A (2003): Reducing Maternal Mortality:
Learning from Bolivia, China, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica,
and Zimbabwe, World Bank Publications. This book provides a
thorough analysis of factors reducing maternal mortality through
three retrospective case studies in China, Honduras and Zimbabwe;
and four research studies in Bolivia, Egypt, Indonesia, and
Jamaica. Symonds, Michael E and Ramsay Margaret M (2010):
Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation, Cambridge
University Press. This book defines the nutritional requirements
with regard to each stage of foetal development and growth and
aspects of infant feeding, both with breast milk and formula milk
Zahr Abou Carla (2003): Global burden of maternal death and
disability, British Medical Bulletin, Pp. 1-11, December. This
article argues that maternal deaths are too often solitary and
hidden events that go uncounted. The difficulty arises not because
of lack of clarity regarding the definition of a maternal death,
but because of the weakness of health information systems and
consequent absence of the systematic identification and recording
of maternal deaths.
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