Social Accountability and Community Mobilization for Maternal Health Series

With the 2015 launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health, and the Global Financing Facility, the world is poised to improve the survival, health, and wellbeing of women,…

By: Aparajita Gogoi, Executive Director, CEDPA India and National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance India; Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers When women discover they are pregnant, they often turn to a small, trusted group of family…

Seven grantees, 13 states, three levels of government and one mission: to increase accountability for maternal health in Nigeria, which has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality ratios. This presented a complex, multi-faceted context for…

If we all agree that maternal mortality represents a human rights violation, why do lawyers, providers, NGOs, and individuals hesitate to use the legal system in the wake of a maternal death or morbidity? The legal system is used to protect rights and…

High rates of maternal mortality in many parts of northern India persist owing to an inadequately equipped public health system compounded by disrespectful and negligent treatment of poor women. The Government of India has instituted several measures to…

This post is the first in our new blog series, "Social accountability and community mobilization for maternal health," hosted with COPASAH and the Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ). From holding governments accountable with legislation for…