PROGRAMMING FOR SAFE MOTHERHOOD - A GUIDE TO ACTION

The Safe Motherhood Initiative has successfully stimulated much intere st in reducing maternal mortality. To accelerate programme implementat ion, this paper reviews lessons learned from the experience of industr ial countries and from demonstration projects in developing countries, and proposes intervention strategies of policy dialogue, improved ser vices and behavioural change. A typological approach with three hypoth etical settings from resource poor to resource rich environments is us ed to address the variability in health behaviours and infrastructure encountered when programming for safe motherhood.