Delivering Success
:
Scaling Up Solutions for
Maternal Health
By
Margaret E. Greene, Omar J. Robles, Sandeep Bathala,
and
Lauren Herzer Risi
By
Margaret E. Greene, Omar J. Robles, Sandeep Bathala,
and
Lauren Herzer Risi
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Delivering Success
:
Scaling Up Solutions for
Maternal Health
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative would like to thank its colleagues, Katharine Diamond and Schuyler Null, and its interns, Payal Chandiramani, Jacob Glass, Stuart Kent, Carolyn Lamere, Maria Prebble, and Swara Salih, for preparing event summaries for the maternal health dialogue series, excerpts of which are included in this report. Additional gratitude and thanks to the Environmental Change and Security Program staff who helped coordinate and support the 2012–2013 series. Your efforts and hard work helped to make the dialogue series a success. Thank you!This report was generously funded by the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).Views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of the Center’s staff, fellows, trustees, advisory groups, or any individuals or programs that provide assistance to the Center.
Contents
1
FOREWORD
5
INTRODUCTION:
ADVANCING DIALOGUE ON MATERNAL HEALTH
SERIES
9
STRENGTHEN DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND USE
13
PRIORITIZE EQUITY IN HEALTH SYSTEMS’ RESPONSE TO MATERNAL HEALTH
15
EMPHASIZE QUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MATERNAL HEALTH POLICY AND PROGRAMMING
21
ENSURE A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND HEALTH WORKERS
25
INTEGRATE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES ACROSS OTHER SECTORS
31
INVEST IN EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS AND ENGAGING MEN AND BOYS
39
CONCLUSION
41
ANNEX A: ADVANCING DIALOGUE ON MATERNAL HEALTH, SERIES EVENTS (2012–2013)
45
ANNEX B: ADVANCING DIALOGUE ON MATERNAL HEALTH EXPERTS (2012–2013)
48
REFERENCES
Cover Photo: A mother and her newborn
child, beneciaries of a UK-funded maternal health and family planning program in Orissa, one of India’s poorest states. Photo courtesy of ickr user Pippa Ranger/Department for International Development