Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"[N]o special reproductive health facilities are available for adolescent girls in most health centres in the State party" (11).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"[There are r]eports of gender-based violence committed against women during delivery" (10). These violations against women are not criminalized (MV- coder comment). "[The Committee recommends the state to e]stablish appropriate safeguards to ensure adequate standards of care, including accessibility and respect for women’s autonomy and requirements for the free, prior and informed consent of all women, and introduce complaints mechanisms for women who suffered ill-treatment during delivery" (11). This indicates that all women are not informed about their care and are unable to address their concerns during delivery (MV- coder comment).

Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"[P]regnant women put under observation by medical services during birth are invited to pass HIV check-up and in case positive, they are provided with anti-retrovirus therapy. Likewise, HIV infected women of reproductive age are monitored by the Ministry of Health for a pregnancy once they pass a general medical examination. They are given relevant recommendations and seconded to benefit from childbirth services. Pregnant women pass a compulsory HIV express test when they apply for a child delivery. In case positive, they start to administer pre-delivery anti-retrovirus medicine... In case of urgent child delivery and HIV positive cases, the antiretroviral medicine is provided to women on child delivery notwithstanding the place...more

Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"The General Occupational Health and Safety Act (No. 618) regulates jobs that are prohibited for adolescents and women and protects the reproductive health of women and adolescent workers in hazardous jobs. Ministerial Agreement No. JCHG-005-05-2007 ensures compliance with the principle of non-discrimination in relation to access to work for pregnant women." (6). "Women access health-care services under the family and community health-care model. Nicaragua also has a national health strategy and a national sexual and reproductive health strategy. A total of 178 maternity homes have been built or renovated, and community midwives have been certified and have received technical training on the provision of supportive, gentle and quality care to...more

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"2018 was declared the 'Year for Monitoring Perinatal and Neonatal Maternal Mortality'. That year, 700,899 pregnant women were given full doses of iron" (24). Reducing iron deficiency in these women reduces the risk of anemia and other diagnoses that can lead to maternal mortality (MV- coder comment).

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Half of the UK deaths occurred in the 12 months following birth, pointing to shortcomings in postnatal care. It follows a report last week that the number of women who died up to six weeks after having a baby has leapt by a quarter in five years" (Para.5-6). "Sara Ledger, from childbirth charity Baby Lifeline, said: ‘This research is yet another reminder that there needs to be a focus on improving maternal health. 'Children shouldn’t be left motherless, particularly when different care could make the life-saving difference.’ A Department of Health spokesman said: ‘We have already invested £127million into the maternity system to boost the workforce and improve care. 'NHS...more

Countries: El Salvador
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Dr Guillermo Ortiz Avedaño told the judges that although the pregnancy was high risk given Beatriz’s health, his hands had been tied in terms of offering her an abortion. Marcia Aguiluz, legal director for Latin America at Women’s Link Worldwide, said: '[Dr Ortiz’s] testimony made it clear that the penalization [of abortion] doesn’t only impact women but also medical professionals.'" (para 11-12)

Countries: United States
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without consulting the community, the doctors who delivered babies there or even its own board. At least 35 women were planning to give birth at Astria Toppenish Hospital in January alone, and the sudden closure — which violated the hospital’s commitment to the state to maintain critical services in this rural area — threw their plans into disarray. Victoria Barajas, 34, expecting her first child, scrambled to find a new doctor before her due date, Jan. 7. Jazzmin Maldonado, a 29-year-old schoolteacher due to give birth soon, wondered how...more

Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

Table 1 untitled, shows that the indicator/year 2010/11 has an ANC of 34%, 10% skill delivery, 7% postnatal care, 676 / 100,000 maternal mortality, 59 / 1000 child mortality, 29% contraceptive prevalence, 4.8 fertility rate and 79 / 1000 adolescent birth rate. It also shows that for the indicator/year 2014/15, there was an ANC of 96.9%, 60.7% skilled delivery, 90% postnatal care, 420 / 100,000 maternal mortality, decrease in child mortality to 55 / 1000, contraceptive prevalence increased to 46%, significant increase of fertility rate to 401, and a reduction in the adolescent birth rate to 65/1000. Maternal mortality decreased by 256/100,000, child mortality decreased by 4/1000 (18). "The gender...more

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

“Lack of health insurance sometimes limited skilled attendance at childbirth. In April the NGO LARGO Association issued a report which estimated that 60 to 70 percent of all uninsured women, or between 8 and 9 percent of all women in the country, did not receive prenatal care and had no access to relevant medical tests. According to the report, 57 percent of uninsured women were Roma. Home births were illegal, and medical personnel could be prosecuted if they assisted them.” (23).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

“The funds for child and maternal healthcare have been increased, outgoing Health Minister Assena Serbezova told journalists.” (Para. 1). “Pregnant women will be scheduled for two additional ultrasound examinations to monitor the pregnancy. For uninsured pregnant women, a package of tests, four examinations and two hospitalizations will be provided if necessary during pregnancy.” (Para. 5).

Countries: Nepal
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Safe motherhood program has been a national priority program in Nepal since the formulation of National Safe Motherhood policy in 1998. The National Safe Motherhood Plan (2002-2017), revised in 2005, formed a basis for the current Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Long Term Plan (2006-2017), the implementation of which is bringing positive impacts on infrastructure development and delivery of maternal health services at rural level. The maternal and reproductive health of women has been improved by implementing the guidelines regarding uterine prolapse, safe abortion, safe motherhood, and management of human resources for safe delivery. The Antenatal Incentive Program launched in 2011 has been providing incentives to mothers who complete four...more

Countries: Poland
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m. when Izabela Sajbor realized the doctors were prepared to let her die.Her doctor had already told her that her fetus had severe abnormalities and would almost certainly die in the womb. If it made it to term, life expectancy was a year, at most. At 22 weeks pregnant, Ms. Sajbor had been admitted to a hospital after her water broke prematurely. She knew that there was a short window to induce birth or surgically remove the fetus to avert infection and potentially fatal sepsis. But even as she developed a fever, vomited and convulsed on the floor, it seemed to be the...more

Countries: Japan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Japan is one of 11 countries — and the only one of the Group of Seven largest economies — that mandate women to get their spouse’s consent to obtain an abortion, with very few exceptions, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, an international organization. In practice, advocates say, the requirement often applies to unmarried women, too, and has led to rare and tragic instances of women leaving their babies in public places to die — something the Jikei Hospital baby hatch is meant to address" (Para.5). "Abortions are legal, but only by expensive surgery. Contraceptive use is low. Morning-after pills are expensive and only available by prescription. Japan is...more

Countries: Turkey
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Since 2008, the Turkish government has used a surveillance system called GEBLIZ (an acronym for the Pregnancy, Newborn and Post-Partum Monitoring System) to record and track all pregnant women who visit maternity services. Under the GEBLIZ system, health personnel visit pregnant women’s homes to track the development of their babies. In several cases, women have been outed to their families as pregnant by official visits from GEBLIZ staff, who knock on the door and announce that they have 'come over to track the status of the pregnant woman in the house.'" (para 6).