Effective care for mothers and babies during humanitarian crises
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Although global maternal and neonatal mortality have declined over recent decades, progress has stalled in contexts affected by conflict, fragility and displacement.(1–3) The 29 countries with United Nations humanitarian responseplans or flash appeals at the start of 2025 accounted for slightly less than one third of global births but contributed an estimated 58% of maternal deaths, 41% of stillbirths and 39% of newborn deaths. (2–4) These figures likely underestimate the burden in acute crises, where data are usually scarce.
Authors: Olive Cocoman, Hannah Tappis, Elaine Scudder, Harriet Ruysen, James McQuen Patterson, Shirley Mark Prabhu, Tomomi Kitamura, Mollie Fair, Muna Abdullah, Khalid Siddeeg, Mohammed Afifi, Janet Kayita, Sophie Chimwenje Khumbizeni, Valérie Marcella Zombre Sanon, Khadidja Amadaye Abgrene, Rima Chaya, Tala Rammal, Majid El Nour, Kathleen Mitchell, Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Gagan Gupta, Allisyn Moran
Institutions: World Health Organization, Jhpiego, International Rescue Committee, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Population Fund, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization - Egypt, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Ministry of Health, Ministère De La Santé
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417498191
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