Ending preventable maternal mortality: phase II of a multi-step process to develop a monitoring framework, 2016-2030.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In February 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released "Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)" (EPMM Strategies), a direction-setting report outlining global targets and strategies for reducing maternal mortality in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) period. In May 2015, the EPMM Working Group outlined a plan to develop a comprehensive monitoring framework to track progress toward the achievement of these targets and priorities. This monitoring framework was developed in two phases. Phase I, which focused on identifying indicators related to the proximal causes of maternal mortality, was completed in October 2015. This paper describes the process and results of Phase II, which was completed in November 2016 and aimed to build consensu

SUBMITTER: Jolivet RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019318 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature