Publications by authors named "Ramez Mahaini"
Background: Pakistan is among a number of countries facing protracted challenges in addressing maternal mortality with a concomitant weak healthcare system complexed with inequities. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) self-care interventions offer the best solution for improving access to quality healthcare services with efficiency and economy. This manuscript documents country experience in introducing and scaling up two selected SRHR self-care interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeterminants of over and underuse of caesarean births in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: an updated review.
East Mediterr Health J
November 2019
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region shows a huge disparity in caesarean birth practice among its 22 Member States. Little research has been conducted at the Regional level to determine the underlying causes.
Aims: This study aimed at exploring the available evidence on key determinants of high and low caesarean birth rates in the Region.
Background: Family planning (FP) is a cost-effective public health and development intervention. Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), has one of the lowest contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) and high unmet need for family planning.
Aims: The aim of this review is to assist Member States in highlighting those areas that need strengthening to improve quality of FP services in information and commodity supplies.
Article Synopsis
- In-country research capacity is essential for enhancing health programs and prioritizing issues, especially in areas with limited funding, focusing on sexual and reproductive health (SRH).
- A meeting in June 2015 brought together WHO researchers and program managers to conduct a prioritization exercise that established key areas for SRH research based on specific criteria.
- Six main priorities identified include developing multipurpose prevention technologies, tackling adolescent violence and early pregnancy, improving maternal and newborn emergency care, enhancing adolescent health interventions, promoting family planning, and bettering care for mothers and children during childbirth.