Maternal mortality, human rights and accountability /

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Imprint:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Description:xxvii, 226 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9117124
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Other authors / contributors:Hunt, Paul, 1955-
Gray, Tony.
ISBN:9780415534581 (hardback)
0415534585 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Prelims
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part 2. Introduction
  • 1. Introduction: Maternal Mortality: An Overview
  • 2. What do we mean by âÇ accountability'?
  • Part 3. Monitoring
  • 3. Maternal mortality and âÇ citizenship surveillance': a Peruvian case study
  • 4. The role of indicators and benchmarks in reducing maternal mortality: a case study on EmOC indicators
  • 5. Monitoring and analysing health budgets in relation to maternal mortality
  • Part 4. Accountability
  • 6. What are maternal death audits? A Sri Lankan case study
  • 7. Maternal death audits: a human rights perspective
  • 8. The role of national human rights institutions: a Kenyan case study
  • 9. The role of national and local parliamentary bodies: South Asian experiences
  • 10. The role of national and international courts
  • 11. Maternal mortality in USA
  • 12. How to strengthen international accountability in relation to maternal mortality?
  • Part 5. Conclusions
  • 13. Conclusion
  • 14. Postscript