TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal health in poor countries
T2 - the broader context and a call for action
AU - Filippi, Véronique
AU - Ronsmans, Carine
AU - Campbell, Oona MR
AU - Graham, Wendy J.
AU - Mills, Anne
AU - Borghi, Jo
AU - Koblinsky, Marjorie
AU - Osrin, David
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank all the participants at the Maternal Survival Series review meeting in Geneva in January, 2006, for helpful suggestions and the Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment Outcome After Pregnancy group for ideas. Additional work for the series was supported directly by the UK Department for International Development through a grant to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and by the Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment. The funding sources had no role in the content of, the information provided, or views expressed in this paper.
PY - 2006/10/28
Y1 - 2006/10/28
N2 - In this paper, we take a broad perspective on maternal health and place it in its wider context. We draw attention to the economic and social vulnerability of pregnant women, and stress the importance of concomitant broader strategies, including poverty reduction and women's empowerment. We also consider outcomes beyond mortality, in particular, near-misses and long-term sequelae, and the implications of the close association between the mother, the fetus, and the child. We make links to a range of global survival initiatives, particularly neonatal health, HIV, and malaria, and to reproductive health. Finally, after examining the political and financial context, we call for action. The need for strategic vision, financial resources, human resources, and information are discussed.
AB - In this paper, we take a broad perspective on maternal health and place it in its wider context. We draw attention to the economic and social vulnerability of pregnant women, and stress the importance of concomitant broader strategies, including poverty reduction and women's empowerment. We also consider outcomes beyond mortality, in particular, near-misses and long-term sequelae, and the implications of the close association between the mother, the fetus, and the child. We make links to a range of global survival initiatives, particularly neonatal health, HIV, and malaria, and to reproductive health. Finally, after examining the political and financial context, we call for action. The need for strategic vision, financial resources, human resources, and information are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69384-7
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69384-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17071287
AN - SCOPUS:33750395413
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 368
SP - 1535
EP - 1541
JO - Lancet
JF - Lancet
IS - 9546
ER -