Maternal health planning and prioritization in Chad: developing a supportive tool.

ABSTRACT: The Republic of Chad has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. With scarce resources to respond to competing demands, pragmatic evidence-based planning tools are needed to aid planning and support priority setting. This action research aimed to develop a tool to support maternal health (MH) planning and prioritization decisions and identify priority regions/provinces for intervention in Chad based on aggregate MH coverage gap scores (Target-Coverage = Coverage Gap). A rapid review was conducted to identify key indicators and relevant national targets. The 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey and other national surveys were the data sources for selected indicators at the provincial level. Aggregate MH coverage gaps were calculated and displayed using geographic info

SUBMITTER: Krause A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11886784 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature