Latest items for CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
Jan. 17, 2025, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Contrary to Article 12, and in breach of Chilean Law 20,590, the State has failed to provide the necessary medical treatment to the people of Arica, or to create the conditions that would assure accessible services. In particular, there are no toxicology specialists and not enough maternity professionals to treat the victims. There is no monitoring of diseases within the community, and the State has also failed to perform biological sampling on residents to determine levels of chromium, mercury or cadmium" (4).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Contrary to Article 12, and in breach of Chilean Law 20,590, the State has failed to provide the necessary medical treatment to the people of Arica, or to create the conditions that would assure accessible services. In particular, there are no toxicology specialists and not enough maternity professionals to treat the victims. There is no monitoring of diseases within the community, and the State has also failed to perform biological sampling on residents to determine levels of chromium, mercury or cadmium" (4).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to family planning and maternal health services, there are 1,648 first-level and 28 second-level facilities in the health service network of the Ministry of Health that provide free coverage to the population. Maternal health services provided at the first and second levels include prenatal care, childbirth, puerperium and general morbidity care, and the second level also includes obstetric emergencies. Comprehensive obstetric care is offered at 27 hospitals within the hospital network, including basic, general and specialty hospitals, and there are 74 maternal and child health services in 16 health regions offering basic obstetric care" (31). "According to the Global AIDS Monitoring 2019 report, 55 per cent of pregnant...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to family planning and maternal health services, there are 1,648 first-level and 28 second-level facilities in the health service network of the Ministry of Health that provide free coverage to the population. Maternal health services provided at the first and second levels include prenatal care, childbirth, puerperium and general morbidity care, and the second level also includes obstetric emergencies. Comprehensive obstetric care is offered at 27 hospitals within the hospital network, including basic, general and specialty hospitals, and there are 74 maternal and child health services in 16 health regions offering basic obstetric care" (31). "According to the Global AIDS Monitoring 2019 report, 55 per cent of pregnant...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"'Regardless, this is compelling new evidence that abortion bans are preventing tens of thousands of people who want abortions from reaching providers in the formal health care system,' said Caitlin Myers, a professor at Middlebury College who has studied the effects of abortion restrictions before Dobbs and was not involved in the report. The measured declines in legal abortions were about twice as large as she had estimated in her research, based solely on increases in travel distances. 'It’s likely that factors like clinic congestion, stigma and fear are proving just as great an obstacle,' she said." (par. 19-20). "After the Dobbs decision, the clinic hired half a dozen more...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"'Regardless, this is compelling new evidence that abortion bans are preventing tens of thousands of people who want abortions from reaching providers in the formal health care system,' said Caitlin Myers, a professor at Middlebury College who has studied the effects of abortion restrictions before Dobbs and was not involved in the report. The measured declines in legal abortions were about twice as large as she had estimated in her research, based solely on increases in travel distances. 'It’s likely that factors like clinic congestion, stigma and fear are proving just as great an obstacle,' she said." (par. 19-20). "After the Dobbs decision, the clinic hired half a dozen more...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:45 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Home-based workers are treated as independent contractors or micro-businesses even though, in reality, they are disguised employees. They do not have employment contracts, enforceability of minimum wages, access to social security entitlements such as pensions, health coverage or maternity benefits, or access to dispute resolution mechanisms. They bear additional production costs such as the cost of workspace, equipment, materials, electricity and transportation" (par. 4).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Home-based workers are treated as independent contractors or micro-businesses even though, in reality, they are disguised employees. They do not have employment contracts, enforceability of minimum wages, access to social security entitlements such as pensions, health coverage or maternity benefits, or access to dispute resolution mechanisms. They bear additional production costs such as the cost of workspace, equipment, materials, electricity and transportation" (par. 4).
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: CL-DATA-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"What emerged is a picture of a system that is increasingly unaffordable to the estimated 61% to 72% of Afghan women who live in poverty, and one in which women often have more children than they want because of lack of access to modern contraception; face risky pregnancies because of lack of care; and undergo procedures that could be done more safely with access to and capacity to use more modern techniques" (para 19).
Variables: CL-DATA-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"What emerged is a picture of a system that is increasingly unaffordable to the estimated 61% to 72% of Afghan women who live in poverty, and one in which women often have more children than they want because of lack of access to modern contraception; face risky pregnancies because of lack of care; and undergo procedures that could be done more safely with access to and capacity to use more modern techniques" (para 19).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"So far, the government's efforts to encourage people to have more babies have had limited impact despite payments of subsidies for pregnancy, childbirth and child care" (para 18).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"So far, the government's efforts to encourage people to have more babies have had limited impact despite payments of subsidies for pregnancy, childbirth and child care" (para 18).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to the adoption of special measures aimed at implementing the provisions of the Convention relating to the need to provide women with appropriate services during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, besides the general rules set out in this report with reference to articles 11 and 12 of the Convention, additions have been made to the new Criminal Enforcement Code, which entered into force on 1 January 2019 and provides for special measures to benefit pregnant women (articles 45, 54 and 98)" (11). "Among the sectoral policies, the National Reproductive Health Strategy for the period up to 2015 occupies an important place. Measures taken within the framework of...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to the adoption of special measures aimed at implementing the provisions of the Convention relating to the need to provide women with appropriate services during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, besides the general rules set out in this report with reference to articles 11 and 12 of the Convention, additions have been made to the new Criminal Enforcement Code, which entered into force on 1 January 2019 and provides for special measures to benefit pregnant women (articles 45, 54 and 98)" (11). "Among the sectoral policies, the National Reproductive Health Strategy for the period up to 2015 occupies an important place. Measures taken within the framework of...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Most of the patients are girls with obstetric fistula — a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder, usually caused by complicated labour, which leaves them incontinent. 'The reason is child marriage, because when the girls are married at an early age, they get pregnant when their bodies are not ready,' says Salamatou Traoré, the clinic’s director. 'That means they develop complications easily and often they live in rural areas, far from health centres, so they do not receive any medical assistance, which makes things worse'" (para 17-18).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Most of the patients are girls with obstetric fistula — a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder, usually caused by complicated labour, which leaves them incontinent. 'The reason is child marriage, because when the girls are married at an early age, they get pregnant when their bodies are not ready,' says Salamatou Traoré, the clinic’s director. 'That means they develop complications easily and often they live in rural areas, far from health centres, so they do not receive any medical assistance, which makes things worse'" (para 17-18).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"A national communication programme on the first 1,000 days of a child’s life was adopted for 2020–2024. The programme aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals on health and on food security and nutrition), and to reduce all indicators of malnutrition and undernutrition in Tajikistan" (p. 33). "The procedure for providing medical care to women during pregnancy and childbirth and after childbirth in public health care facilities was approved by Government decision No. 545 of 30 December 2021" (p. 33). "Under article 163 of the Health Code, the parents or legal representatives of children born to HIV-infected mothers receive breast-milk substitutes from birth to the time they are given a...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"A national communication programme on the first 1,000 days of a child’s life was adopted for 2020–2024. The programme aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals on health and on food security and nutrition), and to reduce all indicators of malnutrition and undernutrition in Tajikistan" (p. 33). "The procedure for providing medical care to women during pregnancy and childbirth and after childbirth in public health care facilities was approved by Government decision No. 545 of 30 December 2021" (p. 33). "Under article 163 of the Health Code, the parents or legal representatives of children born to HIV-infected mothers receive breast-milk substitutes from birth to the time they are given a...more
Jan. 6, 2025, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Death rates for mothers and newborn babies have increased for the first time in a decade amid growing concerns over patient safety, a report reveals. There has been an ‘alarming decline’ in the overall quality of NHS care, with the deterioration in maternity services particularly bad, it adds. Researchers from the Institute of Global Health Innovation, at Imperial College London, say the gap between the UK and the best performing countries for deaths from treatable causes, such as sepsis and blood clots, has widened" (par. 1-3). "Lord Darzi, co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, who recently led a recent government-commissioned review into the NHS, said: ‘Our latest report...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Death rates for mothers and newborn babies have increased for the first time in a decade amid growing concerns over patient safety, a report reveals. There has been an ‘alarming decline’ in the overall quality of NHS care, with the deterioration in maternity services particularly bad, it adds. Researchers from the Institute of Global Health Innovation, at Imperial College London, say the gap between the UK and the best performing countries for deaths from treatable causes, such as sepsis and blood clots, has widened" (par. 1-3). "Lord Darzi, co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, who recently led a recent government-commissioned review into the NHS, said: ‘Our latest report...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"There are no dividers in the maternity room shared by more than 20 women, so visiting husbands are ushered out by nurses when someone needs attending to" (para 1). "Sarker is working with more than 5,000 pregnant women in Dacope; she visits them regularly to do check-ups and holds information sessions at the Upazila Health Complex, where women and girls can drop in to discuss any issues they might be experiencing" (para 13).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"There are no dividers in the maternity room shared by more than 20 women, so visiting husbands are ushered out by nurses when someone needs attending to" (para 1). "Sarker is working with more than 5,000 pregnant women in Dacope; she visits them regularly to do check-ups and holds information sessions at the Upazila Health Complex, where women and girls can drop in to discuss any issues they might be experiencing" (para 13).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"As specialists in medical sociology and public health, we conducted a survey in 2022 of adolescent mothers in an informal settlement in Kenya. About a third reported that they had been abused by health providers during childbirth. The study found that abusive treatment discouraged these girls from seeking future maternity care at healthcare facilities" (para 6). "The study focused on 491 adolescent girls ranging in age from 14 to 19 years, who had a biological child at the time of the interviews. Data were analysed to estimate the scale of abuse of girls during childbirth in health facilities. In total 32.2% of adolescent mothers suffered abuse from health providers during...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"As specialists in medical sociology and public health, we conducted a survey in 2022 of adolescent mothers in an informal settlement in Kenya. About a third reported that they had been abused by health providers during childbirth. The study found that abusive treatment discouraged these girls from seeking future maternity care at healthcare facilities" (para 6). "The study focused on 491 adolescent girls ranging in age from 14 to 19 years, who had a biological child at the time of the interviews. Data were analysed to estimate the scale of abuse of girls during childbirth in health facilities. In total 32.2% of adolescent mothers suffered abuse from health providers during...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:57 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The organisation has had no option but to close the clinic, leaving the 75 pregnant women it had been supporting with nowhere to go for medical care or to have their babies delivered. 'We’ve tried so hard to keep the clinic open but there is not much else we can do now. I can’t ask people to go to work if they might get hit by a bullet,' says Livesay. Armed gangs have terrorised the Caribbean country since its president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in July 2021, but in the past month there have been unprecedented levels of violence" (para 3-5). "When Sanderline went into labour last month, she had...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The organisation has had no option but to close the clinic, leaving the 75 pregnant women it had been supporting with nowhere to go for medical care or to have their babies delivered. 'We’ve tried so hard to keep the clinic open but there is not much else we can do now. I can’t ask people to go to work if they might get hit by a bullet,' says Livesay. Armed gangs have terrorised the Caribbean country since its president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in July 2021, but in the past month there have been unprecedented levels of violence" (para 3-5). "When Sanderline went into labour last month, she had...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Women in 13 out of 26 regions in the country will, by the end of the year, be entitled to free services during pregnancy and for one month after childbirth. Babies will receive free healthcare for their first 28 days under the scheme, which the government plans to extend to the rest of DRC – although there is no timetable for that yet. However, health workers have raised concerns that hospitals and medical centres are ill-equipped to cope with any increased demand on services. Some told the Guardian there were not enough staff, facilities or equipment to successfully introduce the $113m (£93m) programme, which is supported by the World Bank"...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Women in 13 out of 26 regions in the country will, by the end of the year, be entitled to free services during pregnancy and for one month after childbirth. Babies will receive free healthcare for their first 28 days under the scheme, which the government plans to extend to the rest of DRC – although there is no timetable for that yet. However, health workers have raised concerns that hospitals and medical centres are ill-equipped to cope with any increased demand on services. Some told the Guardian there were not enough staff, facilities or equipment to successfully introduce the $113m (£93m) programme, which is supported by the World Bank"...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:36 p.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[R]ecent research points to the need for nearly 6,000 trained midwives across the country in the next six years. In 2019, there were just 1,834 in total" (para 2). "Every year, about 200 students graduate from the country’s three internationally-accredited midwifery colleges – the first to receive the distinction in the Asia-Pacific region, with the process supported by UNFPA" (para 10).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[R]ecent research points to the need for nearly 6,000 trained midwives across the country in the next six years. In 2019, there were just 1,834 in total" (para 2). "Every year, about 200 students graduate from the country’s three internationally-accredited midwifery colleges – the first to receive the distinction in the Asia-Pacific region, with the process supported by UNFPA" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Through the country’s universal free health care system, all prenatal, childbirth and post-natal care in Nicaragua is offered countrywide free of charge – c-sections, premature births, neonatal ICU stays and, incredibly, even fetal surgeries are all free. Home births, previously common especially in rural areas, are now nearly unheard-of – 97% of all births are in hospitals. Lay midwives who once attended home births have now been incorporated into the health care system to provide prenatal and in-hospital birth support. In Nicaragua, 25 hospitals have been built new and 46 remodeled since 2007 to make giving birth in hospital a possibility even for rural families. Respect for Nicaragua’s diverse cultures...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Through the country’s universal free health care system, all prenatal, childbirth and post-natal care in Nicaragua is offered countrywide free of charge – c-sections, premature births, neonatal ICU stays and, incredibly, even fetal surgeries are all free. Home births, previously common especially in rural areas, are now nearly unheard-of – 97% of all births are in hospitals. Lay midwives who once attended home births have now been incorporated into the health care system to provide prenatal and in-hospital birth support. In Nicaragua, 25 hospitals have been built new and 46 remodeled since 2007 to make giving birth in hospital a possibility even for rural families. Respect for Nicaragua’s diverse cultures...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee...welcomes the fact that the State party promotes healthy lifestyles for women and girls and that the implementation of the maternal and child health improvement plan for the period 2018–2020 and of the public health guidelines for the period 2014–2020 has resulted in the improvement of a number of indicators in the area of maternal and child health, including the reduction of infant mortality" (12). "The Committee...notes with concern...[t]he limited access to high-quality maternal health care throughout pregnancy and delivery for undocumented migrant women, who are ineligible for the State party’s compulsory health insurance, and to high-quality mental health care services...The Committee recommends that the State party…ensure affordable, and,...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee...welcomes the fact that the State party promotes healthy lifestyles for women and girls and that the implementation of the maternal and child health improvement plan for the period 2018–2020 and of the public health guidelines for the period 2014–2020 has resulted in the improvement of a number of indicators in the area of maternal and child health, including the reduction of infant mortality" (12). "The Committee...notes with concern...[t]he limited access to high-quality maternal health care throughout pregnancy and delivery for undocumented migrant women, who are ineligible for the State party’s compulsory health insurance, and to high-quality mental health care services...The Committee recommends that the State party…ensure affordable, and,...more
Nov. 1, 2024, 10:44 a.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Medical care for pregnant women and babies is mostly free now in Sierra Leone, as is contraception" (para 5). "More than 90 percent of pregnant women in Sierra Leone now get prenatal care, and the great majority are assisted during delivery by a trained midwife, nurse or doctor. After delivery, nurses put babies to the breast right away and counsel moms on exclusive breastfeeding practices, reducing infant mortality" (para 9). "Obstetric fistulas are being repaired, giving girls their lives back, at a pace that couldn’t have been imagined 20 years ago" (para 12).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Medical care for pregnant women and babies is mostly free now in Sierra Leone, as is contraception" (para 5). "More than 90 percent of pregnant women in Sierra Leone now get prenatal care, and the great majority are assisted during delivery by a trained midwife, nurse or doctor. After delivery, nurses put babies to the breast right away and counsel moms on exclusive breastfeeding practices, reducing infant mortality" (para 9). "Obstetric fistulas are being repaired, giving girls their lives back, at a pace that couldn’t have been imagined 20 years ago" (para 12).
Oct. 17, 2024, 6:46 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the practice of womb surrogacy. According to the ruling, surrogates are not to receive compensation for their services, limiting the exchange of money to cover expenses related to the pregnancy" (par. 1-2). Surrogate mothers can receive compensation to cover the expenses related to their pregnancy (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the practice of womb surrogacy. According to the ruling, surrogates are not to receive compensation for their services, limiting the exchange of money to cover expenses related to the pregnancy" (par. 1-2). Surrogate mothers can receive compensation to cover the expenses related to their pregnancy (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:29 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"No one expects any work to be done on the things that could really change women’s lives for the better, including reform to the contentious personal status laws – 15 separate religious-based laws which mean that a woman’s rights in terms of custody, divorce and marriage vary according to her sect – and the citizenship law, which means a Lebanese woman cannot pass her nationality to her children" (para 27).
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"No one expects any work to be done on the things that could really change women’s lives for the better, including reform to the contentious personal status laws – 15 separate religious-based laws which mean that a woman’s rights in terms of custody, divorce and marriage vary according to her sect – and the citizenship law, which means a Lebanese woman cannot pass her nationality to her children" (para 27).
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Horizon2030 discusses financing civil society organizations providing critical health services to women, children, pregnant teens, young mothers and those vulnerable to HIV and violence" (18). "Belize continued with its prevention of Mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme. Free HIV test are offered to all pregnant women. In 2010, out of the 6,631 registered pregnant women, there was 93.2 per cent coverage with HIV testing. 53 women were detected as HIV positive. The number of women who are HIV+ and pregnant decreased by around 10 per cent when compared to previous years but almost 50 per cent were repeat and unplanned pregnancies. All pregnant women detected as HIV positive receive treatment at...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Horizon2030 discusses financing civil society organizations providing critical health services to women, children, pregnant teens, young mothers and those vulnerable to HIV and violence" (18). "Belize continued with its prevention of Mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme. Free HIV test are offered to all pregnant women. In 2010, out of the 6,631 registered pregnant women, there was 93.2 per cent coverage with HIV testing. 53 women were detected as HIV positive. The number of women who are HIV+ and pregnant decreased by around 10 per cent when compared to previous years but almost 50 per cent were repeat and unplanned pregnancies. All pregnant women detected as HIV positive receive treatment at...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:34 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Maternal Mortality decreased during the reporting period. In 2009, a Quality Improvement of Maternal and Neonatal Policy was adopted. This included a 'Companion at birth' policy to address the mental health/psychological health of the expectant mother and allow family involvement during labour, delivery, and postpartum periods. The 2013 MDG Scorecard reported that much of the decline in maternal mortality can be attributed to a 20 per cent increase in the number of births attended by skilled medical personnel. In 2011, there was no maternal death. In 2017, the mortality rate was at 36. That year, 94 per cent of women had given birth by a skilled birth attendant. Pre-natal care...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Maternal Mortality decreased during the reporting period. In 2009, a Quality Improvement of Maternal and Neonatal Policy was adopted. This included a 'Companion at birth' policy to address the mental health/psychological health of the expectant mother and allow family involvement during labour, delivery, and postpartum periods. The 2013 MDG Scorecard reported that much of the decline in maternal mortality can be attributed to a 20 per cent increase in the number of births attended by skilled medical personnel. In 2011, there was no maternal death. In 2017, the mortality rate was at 36. That year, 94 per cent of women had given birth by a skilled birth attendant. Pre-natal care...more
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
“As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches…, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help...Now former patients and aid groups are telling families fistula can be treated. The network of women who have been successfully operated on for obstetric fistula in Cameroon's northern region say they are educating communities that it is a disease that can be treated. Hospital workers say obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. The disease leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
“As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches…, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help...Now former patients and aid groups are telling families fistula can be treated. The network of women who have been successfully operated on for obstetric fistula in Cameroon's northern region say they are educating communities that it is a disease that can be treated. Hospital workers say obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. The disease leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces...more
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With the aim of reducing maternal mortality, in 2020 the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare approved the 2021–2025 action plan for the national policy on midwives of the four peoples of Guatemala, in order to fulfil the objectives and implement the provisions of the policy. The Ministry has coordinated the provision of assistance with natural vertical childbirth with the national programmes for reproductive health and for traditional and alternative medicine, strengthening cultural sensitivity. It also approved guidelines for the coordination of work with midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 21,319 traditional midwives in the national health services in 2019 and 20,804 in 2020. The Ministry of Public...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With the aim of reducing maternal mortality, in 2020 the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare approved the 2021–2025 action plan for the national policy on midwives of the four peoples of Guatemala, in order to fulfil the objectives and implement the provisions of the policy. The Ministry has coordinated the provision of assistance with natural vertical childbirth with the national programmes for reproductive health and for traditional and alternative medicine, strengthening cultural sensitivity. It also approved guidelines for the coordination of work with midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 21,319 traditional midwives in the national health services in 2019 and 20,804 in 2020. The Ministry of Public...more
July 17, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to preventing and raising awareness of child and adolescent pregnancy, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare prepared a guide on the provision of comprehensive and differentiated care to pregnant girls under 14 years of age. It has supervised operations on the ground in order to ensure that health-care staff in hospitals comply with the guide, providing training, and to record cases in the Health Information Management System. Through the Bureau for the Epidemiological Monitoring of Pregnancies in Children under 14 Years of Age, the Ministry coordinates the analyses and actions performed by health-care personnel in prevention, care and follow-up care. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"With regard to preventing and raising awareness of child and adolescent pregnancy, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare prepared a guide on the provision of comprehensive and differentiated care to pregnant girls under 14 years of age. It has supervised operations on the ground in order to ensure that health-care staff in hospitals comply with the guide, providing training, and to record cases in the Health Information Management System. Through the Bureau for the Epidemiological Monitoring of Pregnancies in Children under 14 Years of Age, the Ministry coordinates the analyses and actions performed by health-care personnel in prevention, care and follow-up care. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare...more
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[There is a] low participation of women in birth preparation programmes, especially among rural women and Roma women" (14).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[There is a] low participation of women in birth preparation programmes, especially among rural women and Roma women" (14).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[There are limited levels of] access to high -quality maternal health care throughout pregnancy and delivery for undocumented migrant women, who are ineligible for the State party ’s compulsory health insurance" (12).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[There are limited levels of] access to high -quality maternal health care throughout pregnancy and delivery for undocumented migrant women, who are ineligible for the State party ’s compulsory health insurance" (12).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Free treatment for pregnant women, especially for those who are HIV-positive, [are] provided by the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund" (19). "Free prenatal care and delivery care for pregnant women living with HIV [is a measure taken by the government]… [I]nputs (screening tests, antiretroviral drugs and consumables) for screening and treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children [are provided]" (20). "[T]he State, through the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund, provides free care for pregnant women and provides training for low-income women, single mothers and girl-mothers" (29).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Free treatment for pregnant women, especially for those who are HIV-positive, [are] provided by the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund" (19). "Free prenatal care and delivery care for pregnant women living with HIV [is a measure taken by the government]… [I]nputs (screening tests, antiretroviral drugs and consumables) for screening and treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children [are provided]" (20). "[T]he State, through the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund, provides free care for pregnant women and provides training for low-income women, single mothers and girl-mothers" (29).
March 14, 2024, 12:58 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund expedites and facilitates birth registration by covering the costs of vaginal deliveries for all women who have health insurance" (14). "In 2018, Gabon launched a programme to make childbirth free of charge for all women, regardless of income or place of residence (rural or urban). This programme entitles women to: Free prenatal consultations and laboratory work[,] A full birthing kit, including medications[,] A full caesarean section kit[,] Payment of all fees associated with childbirth, including delivery by caesarean section[, and] A baby clothing bundle and a postnatal consultation" (18).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"The National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund expedites and facilitates birth registration by covering the costs of vaginal deliveries for all women who have health insurance" (14). "In 2018, Gabon launched a programme to make childbirth free of charge for all women, regardless of income or place of residence (rural or urban). This programme entitles women to: Free prenatal consultations and laboratory work[,] A full birthing kit, including medications[,] A full caesarean section kit[,] Payment of all fees associated with childbirth, including delivery by caesarean section[, and] A baby clothing bundle and a postnatal consultation" (18).
March 14, 2024, 12:55 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen receive a number of benefits, including systematic registration for health insurance (with the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund) and free health care during pregnancy and childbirth. However, the existing facilities are limited in number, distant from women in rural areas, and under-resourced in terms of equipment and staff" (22).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen receive a number of benefits, including systematic registration for health insurance (with the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund) and free health care during pregnancy and childbirth. However, the existing facilities are limited in number, distant from women in rural areas, and under-resourced in terms of equipment and staff" (22).