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The Lancet Maternal Health Series

Global Research and Evidence

Wendy Graham, Oona Campbell, Lenka Benova, Adrienne Testa, Kerry Wong, Dorothy Boggs, Rachel Scott, Dominic Forrest, Josie Gallo, Francesca Cavallaro, Nadine Seward, Justine M, Susannah Woodd, and Romelia Osorio

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Topics Covered

  • The shifting burden of the epidemiology of global maternal health, how it has changed and key drivers
  • Capability and coverage of maternal health care including where and how women give birth; linking women to routine and emergency care; facility capability and staffing
  • Quality maternal health care and how it relates to evidence-based medicine and respectful care
  • Poor quality maternal health care including “too much, too soon” and “too little, too late”, and how care can be improved
  • Navigating the future of global maternal health including evolving priorities, challenges and opportunities in the Sustainable Development
  • Goal era including shocks; innovations; partnership and advocacy; financing; developing better data collection and research

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