TY - JOUR
T1 - From safe motherhood, newborn, and child survival partnerships to the continuum of care and accountability
T2 - Moving fast forward to 2015
AU - Bustreo, Flavia
AU - Requejo, Jennifer Harris
AU - Merialdi, Mario
AU - Presern, Carole
AU - Songane, Francisco
N1 - Funding Information:
While the maternal health community was coalescing around the Safe Motherhood Initiative, efforts of an informal network of professionals and Save the Children USA began drawing attention to the long neglected issue of neonatal mortality. This led to the creation of Saving Newborn Lives, supported by a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant of US $50 million for the period 2000–2005, and later renewed as a US $60 million grant for 2006–2010. Saving Newborn Lives served as the secretariat of the Healthy Newborn Partnership—an alliance of interested organizations. This fueled momentum for a greater focus on the newborn period and recognition of the indivisible interconnections between maternal and neonatal health [8] .
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - The present paper provides an overview of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, Healthy Newborn Partnership, and Child Survival Partnership and their eventual merge into the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) in 2005. The promise and past successes of the PMNCH are highlighted, with a particular focus on the PMNCH's partner-centric approach showing the importance of collaboration for progress. The aims of the strategic framework for 2012-2015 are presented within the context of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, launched in 2010, and growing political momentum to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, respectively). The next 4 years leading to 2015 are critical, and the global community must continue to work together to ensure all women and children are reached with key interventions proven to reduce mortality.
AB - The present paper provides an overview of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, Healthy Newborn Partnership, and Child Survival Partnership and their eventual merge into the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) in 2005. The promise and past successes of the PMNCH are highlighted, with a particular focus on the PMNCH's partner-centric approach showing the importance of collaboration for progress. The aims of the strategic framework for 2012-2015 are presented within the context of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, launched in 2010, and growing political momentum to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, respectively). The next 4 years leading to 2015 are critical, and the global community must continue to work together to ensure all women and children are reached with key interventions proven to reduce mortality.
KW - Child health
KW - Continuum of care
KW - Newborn health
KW - Partnerships
KW - Safe motherhood
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.03.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 22883915
AN - SCOPUS:84866031304
SN - 0020-7292
VL - 119
SP - S6-S8
JO - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
JF - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
IS - SUPPL.1
ER -