A strategy for reducing maternal and newborn deaths by 2015 and beyond.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achievement of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 for child survival requires acceleration of gains in newborn survival, and current trends in improving maternal health will also fall short of reaching MDG 5 without more strategic actions. We present a Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) strategy for accelerating progress on MDGs 4 and 5, sustaining the gains beyond 2015, and further bringing down maternal and child mortality by two thirds by 2030.

Discussion

The strategy takes into account current trends in coverage and cause-specific mortality, builds on lessons learned about what works in large-scale implementation programs, and charts a course to reach those who do not yet access services. A central hypothesis of this strategy is that enhancing interacti

SUBMITTER: Darmstadt GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3866510 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature