| Generating political priority for maternal mortality reduction in 5 developing countries. | |
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PMID: 17395848 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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I conducted case studies on the level of political priority given to maternal mortality reduction in 5 countries: Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Among the factors that shaped political priority were international agency efforts to establish a global norm about the unacceptability of maternal death; those agencies' provision of financial and technical resources; the degree of cohesion among national safe motherhood policy communities; the presence of national political champions to promote the cause; the deployment of credible evidence to show policymakers a problem existed; the generation of clear policy alternatives to demonstrate the problem was surmountable; and the organization of attention-generating events to create national visibility for the issue. The experiences of these 5 countries offer guidance on how political priority can be generated for other health causes in developing countries. |
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Authors:
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Jeremy Shiffman |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2007-03-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of public health Volume: 97 ISSN: 1541-0048 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Publication Date: 2007 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-04-23 Completed Date: 2007-04-24 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254074 Medline TA: Am J Public Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 796-803 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020, USA. jrshiffm@maxwell.syr.edu |
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Developing Countries* Female Health Policy Humans Maternal Mortality / trends* Policy Making* Politics* |
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