Moving beyond essential interventions for reduction of Maternal Mortality

High coverage of essential interventions do not imply reduced maternal mortality in the health-care facilities. If substantial reductions in maternal mortality are to be achieved, universal coverage of life-saving interventions need to be matched with comprehensive emergency care and overall improvements in the quality of maternal health care.

 

Please read the Lancet article on:

Moving beyond essential interventions for reduction of maternal mortality (the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health): a cross-sectional study

 

(http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60686-8/fulltext?_eventId=login)