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\nImproving reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) directly benefits the mother and her (newborn) child, but it also strengthens families and communities. The focus of RMNCH is not only on providing quality healthcare and services, such as antenatal care, nutrition, and immunisation, but also on providing access to education and social protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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As part of our commitment to improving maternal and child health, IDA is supplying products identified as having the potential to save women’s and children\u2019s lives. Many of these items have been in IDA\u2019s range for years, and it is critical that these high-impact products continue to receive extra attention.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Familiy planning related products<\/h4>\n
Family planning allows women to space their pregnancies, and can delay pregnancy in younger women, who often face an increased risk of complications. Despite the increase in contraceptive use over the past thirty years, many women in all regions still do not have access to modern\u00a0<\/span>family planning related products<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>such as hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine devices (IUDs), female and male condoms.<\/p>\n
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Maternal and child nutrition\u200b<\/h4>\n
Malnutrition in pregnant women is a major public health challenge in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). Poor diets lacking in key nutrients (such as iodine, iron, folate, calcium, and zinc) can cause serious health issues, like anaemia, pre-eclampsia and even death in mothers, and stillbirth, low birthweight, and developmental delays in children. Therefore – before and during pregnancy, and while breastfeeding – nutritious diets are essential to ensure the health of both mother and child. Proper nutrition is essential for the physical and mental development of children. It is important women and children have access to\u00a0<\/span>nutritional products<\/a>, such as micronutrient supplements and energy-protein supplements during different stages of their lives.<\/p>\n
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Multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS)<\/h4>\n
MMS<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(supplied by Kirk Humanitarian) are the current standard for pregnant women in high-income countries, and contain fifteen vitamins and minerals, including iron-folic acid, that support good health for the mothers, improved birth outcomes and better cognitive development and physical growth of unborn children.<\/p>\n
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Heat-stable carbetocin (HSC)<\/h4>\n
HSC (supplied by Ferring Pharmaceuticals) can be used as an alternative for oxytocin after labour to help uterine contraction and thereby preventing the occurrence of post-partum hemorrhage (PPH). For more information about HSC please read this\u00a0<\/span>news item<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in our blog.<\/p>\n
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Female hygiene products\u200b<\/h4>\n
Access to menstrual products is key to improving menstrual health and hygiene, however millions of women and adolescent girls worldwide can\u2019t afford these products. IDA offers the\u00a0<\/span>Anandi sanitary pad<\/a>; developed in India, and the country’s first and only Government of India lab certified (ISO 17088) sanitary pad that is almost ~100% compostable and biodegradable.<\/p>\n
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Other RMNCH commodities\u200b<\/h4>\n