title: From home to hospital, a continuum of care: making progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in rural Bangladesh.
abstract: The Lutheran Aid to Medicine in Bangladesh (LAMB) health and development project in rural Bangladesh has developed an integrated maternal and child healthcare system providing appropriate, accessible and affordable health services for the poor, through a home-to-hospital, continuum-of-care approach. LAMB is thus an example of how high-quality maternity health services accessible to women of all socio-economic classes in a rural context can be provided, making progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5.
authors.affiliation: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK. creche23@googlemail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D057191:Capacity Building / Q000458:organization & administration; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000458:organization & administration; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006760:Hospitalization; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008485:Medical Audit; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014480:United Nations / Q000592:standards*; D014838:Volunteers / Q000458:organization & administration