Objectif 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.' Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Thème(s) INCO - Specific measures in support of international co-operation INCO-2003-A1.2 - Healthcare systems and management Appel à propositions FP6-2003-INCO-DEV-2 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinateur TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE) Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Mannerheimintie 166 HELSINKI Finlande Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (9) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Chine Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse No. 81, Meishan Road HEFEI, ANHUI PROVINCE Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS & INFORMATION Chine Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 1 Xizhimenwai nanlu BEIJING Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée FUDAN UNIVERSITY Chine Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 220 Han Dan Road SHANGHAI Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée GHENT UNIVERSITY - INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Belgique Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Sint_Pieternewstraat 25 GENT Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET Suède Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Nobels väg 5 STOCKHOLM Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Pembroke Place LIVERPOOL Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée PEKING UNIVERSITY Chine Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Summer Palace Road 5, Haidian District BEIJING Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCIES Chine Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse No 1 Yixueyuan Road CHONGQING Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY Chine Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 28 Xianning West Road XI'AN Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée