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Concepts <strong>and</strong> their use <strong>in</strong> this review<br />

MNRH <strong>and</strong> its mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this study<br />

This review will identify <strong>and</strong> evaluate the effectiveness of current human resource practices<br />

<strong>for</strong> a range of community-based maternal, newborn <strong>and</strong> reproductive health services that are<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegral to the equitable achievement of MDG 5, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the promotion <strong>and</strong> provision of:<br />

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Effective family plann<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Safe medical abortion <strong>and</strong> referral <strong>for</strong> safe surgical abortion<br />

Gender empowerment programs<br />

Quality antenatal care (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g nutritional advice <strong>and</strong> supplements, <strong>in</strong>termittent<br />

preventive treatment (IPT) <strong>and</strong> bednets <strong>for</strong> malaria prevention, tetanus vacc<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

<strong>and</strong> prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) <strong>for</strong> HIV)<br />

Skilled attendance at birth<br />

Postnatal care <strong>for</strong> the mother <strong>and</strong> her baby (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g advice <strong>and</strong> support <strong>for</strong><br />

breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g, rout<strong>in</strong>e immunisations, <strong>and</strong> access to effective family plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong><br />

birth spac<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

It is important to note that although this review focuses on health worker practice <strong>in</strong> relation<br />

to MDG 5 there is a relationship between health care <strong>in</strong> maternal <strong>and</strong> reproductive health<br />

with other areas that are l<strong>in</strong>ked to other MDGs. For example maternal mortality strongly<br />

affects newborn mortality <strong>and</strong> progress on MDG 5 will also <strong>in</strong>fluence the ef<strong>for</strong>ts to reduce<br />

child mortality (MDG 4). Gender <strong>in</strong>equality is one of the social determ<strong>in</strong>ants at the centre of<br />

<strong>in</strong>equity <strong>in</strong> health. Progress <strong>in</strong> achiev<strong>in</strong>g MDG 3, promot<strong>in</strong>g gender equality <strong>and</strong> women‘s<br />

empowerment, will help <strong>in</strong> achiev<strong>in</strong>g MDG 5. Increas<strong>in</strong>g primary education (MDG 2) <strong>for</strong><br />

girls <strong>and</strong> eradicat<strong>in</strong>g extreme poverty <strong>and</strong> hunger (MDG 1) are means to empower women<br />

<strong>and</strong> will positively <strong>in</strong>fluence the achievement of MDG 5. Progress on MDG 5 is also related<br />

to MDG 6, which focuses on combat<strong>in</strong>g HIV/AIDS <strong>and</strong> malaria that are two important<br />

<strong>in</strong>direct causes of maternal death. As health workers roles are not always narrowly def<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

<strong>and</strong> PHC focuses on the cont<strong>in</strong>uum of care <strong>and</strong> comprehensive approaches, this review<br />

recognises the l<strong>in</strong>kages between <strong>HRH</strong> <strong>and</strong> their roles across neonatal health, gender<br />

empowerment <strong>and</strong> HIV/AIDS.<br />

The role of community health workers <strong>in</strong> promot<strong>in</strong>g the role of male partners <strong>in</strong> reproductive,<br />

maternal <strong>and</strong> newborn health will also be considered, as will the distribution of commodities<br />

<strong>for</strong> the above services at community level. To the extent that services <strong>for</strong> the prevention,<br />

diagnosis <strong>and</strong> treatment of sexually transmitted <strong>in</strong>fections (STIs) <strong>and</strong> HIV are <strong>in</strong>tegrated with<br />

maternal <strong>and</strong> reproductive health services at the community level, these will also be<br />

considered. However, specialised target<strong>in</strong>g of STI <strong>and</strong> HIV prevention, diagnosis <strong>and</strong><br />

treatment services to marg<strong>in</strong>alised populations, the procurement of reproductive <strong>and</strong> maternal<br />

health commodities at the prov<strong>in</strong>cial <strong>and</strong> national levels, <strong>and</strong> emergency obstetric care that<br />

does not occur at the community level are beyond the scope of this review.<br />

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