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Context Matters: Strategies to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Year: 2022

Type: editorial

Abstract: Key Messages Although effective evidence-based interventions at birth to save mother9s and newborns9 lives exist, challenges related to context-specific health system design and service quality hinder progress in reducing maternal and newborn mortality. To reduce maternal and newborn mortality, mothers should labor and deliver at a facility that can perform advanced services and provide appropriate care when complications arise. When designing and implementing maternal and newborn health programs, the local context should be centered to maximize the impact of these programs.

Source: Global Health Science and Practice

DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-22-00119

Authors: Florina Serbanescu, Margaret E. Kruk, Sunday Dominico, Kojo Nimako

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard University, Gates Foundation

Language: English

Topic: Global Maternal and Child Health

Subfield: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4225259172

Cites: 10

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10