Male Involvement In Maternal Health Important For Family Health

Maternal Health Task Force’s “MHTF Blog”: Can male involvement improve maternal health?
Olena Ivanova of the International Centre for Reproductive Health in Belgium discusses the importance of male involvement in maternal health efforts and highlights several challenges to increased involvement. “…There is a significant need to scale up men’s participation in maternal health and to provide them with the sufficient information to help them make decisions, and support their partner’s decisions, concerning their family’s health…” (2/2).

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