Maternal Health Task Force
The Maternal Health Task Force strives to create a strong, well-informed and collaborative community of individuals focused on ending preventable maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Email
MHTF@hsph.harvard.edu
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677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Maternity Waiting Homes: A Review of Experiences
Maternity waiting homes are residential facilities, located near a qualified medical facility, where women defined as “high risk” can await their delivery and be transferred to a nearby medical facility shortly before delivery, or earlier should complications arise. Many consider maternity waiting homes to be a key element of a strategy to “bridge the geographical gap” in obstetric care between rural areas with poor access to equipped facilities and urban areas where the services are available. As one component of a comprehensive package of essential obstetric services, maternity waiting homes may offer a low-cost way to bring women closer to needed obstetric care.Document 0: https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WHO_Maternity-Waiting-Homes.pdf
Document 1: https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WHO_Maternity-Waiting-Homes.pdf
Document 2: https://hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WHO_Maternity-Waiting-Homes.pdf