Objective
China has experienced a wide range of social and economic reforms during the last twenty years with unprecedented speed and scale. Although this has implied a rapid economic growth, it has also created new challenges for the world's most populous nation. O ne of these challenges is disparity in maternal health between geographical regions, as well as between rural and urban populations. In the poorest areas, around 50 per cent of women do not receive antenatal care, 90 per cent of women deliver at home and only one third of home births are assisted by trained midwives. This study aims to search and test appropriate interventions to alleviate financial access to and quality of maternal care in the specific context of rural China and thus provide policymakers and managers with tools for effective actions for the improvement of maternal and infant health status of the rural poor. This research project focuses on maternal health system and women of reproductive age in rural areas of China. It provides a comprehen sive analysis of the current state of affairs, provider and user perspectives, of maternal care at national and local level using both national and local surveys as well as locally collected in-depth qualitative data. The synthesised understanding of the c urrent situation provides basis of innovative intervention models carefully drafted to fit the Chinese context. The trial of these interventions results in policy recommendations developed in close collaboration with experts from key player groups who part icipate directly in all phases of the project. Chinese health sector reform and its implications to health financing have been studied and published extensively. However, patchy, mostly from small areas, from certain time period and methodology, thus provi ding an opportunity for this study.'
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FP6-2003-INCO-DEV-2
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HELSINKI
Finland
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