Thursday, May 9 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Gwinnet

Session 14:
Maternal Health and Mortality

Chair: Ken Hill, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Cynthia Stanton, Johns Hopkins University

  1. Maternal Health Care in South India: Do Adolescents Seek More Care than Older Women? • Asha Kilaru, Belaku Trust ; Martyn Brookes, University of Southampton ; Saraswathy Ganapathy, Belaku Trust ; Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton

  2. Risk Factors Associated with Maternal Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh • Md. Kapil Ahmed, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

  3. What National Programs Should Do to Reduce Maternal Mortality • John Ross, Futures Group International ; Rodolfo A. Bulatao, National Academies ; John Stover, Futures Group International

  4. Generating Political Will for Safe Motherhood: A Case Study from Indonesia • Jeremy Shiffman, Syracuse University

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