title: Women deliver for development.
abstract: There is a large amount of research into maternal health as a health issue, but maternal health as a development issue has been less explored. This Review analyses the evidence from the past 20 years on the links between maternal health and development to examine maternal health within a development framework. We note that although existing evidence suggests that these links are strong, further research is needed to definitively substantiate how and to what extent maternal health and development affect each other. Further, we find that progress and investment in maternal health have lagged far behind estimates of what is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
authors.affiliation: International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
authors.forename: Kirrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Rohini
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Anju
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malhotra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000639:trends*