MNH Integration Series

As we reflect on the work that we’ve accomplished through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and plan for the next set of global commitments (the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs), it’s important to talk about the inextricable link between…

When the idea of MAMA was in its infancy it was always about maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), because we knew that they go hand in hand. If a woman’s pregnancy isn’t healthy then chances are her baby, and ultimately her growing child, won’t be…

Worldwide, about 290,000 women die each year from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. From a numerical perspective, this figure appears to denote a situation less urgent than that suggested by the figures for other global health…

Poor integration of maternal and newborn services during pregnancy, childbirth and in the postpartum period can have adverse consequences for the quality of care that mothers and babies receive. It can also affect the equitable access to this care,…

At a standing room only event last week at The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, global experts gathered to discuss the need for, barriers to, and the way forward for maternal and newborn integration. But what is integration and why is…

By Ana Langer, Director, Maternal Health Task Force and Joy Riggs-Perla, Director, Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives program. When thinking about the term integration for maternal and newborn health care we need to keep our focus with the intended…

By Mohammod Shahidullah, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neonatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University The continuum of care has become a rallying call to reduce the maternal deaths, stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and child deaths.…

By Rornald Muhumuza Kananura In the blog—Who is to blame for the Poor Health Workers Attitudes and how can we cure This Disease by Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho—it was indicated that some women have opted to give birth at home rather than face the wrath…

By: Severin Ritter von Xylander, WHO This post is part of the Maternal and Newborn Health Integration Blog Series, “Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health: In Pursuit of Quality” technical meeting. The World Health Organization (WHO)…

By: Graciela Salvador-Davila, Senior Advisor for Maternal and Newborn Health, Pathfinder International; Rebecca Herman, Communications Specialist, Pathfinder International This post is part of the Maternal and Newborn Integration Blog…