title: From safe motherhood, newborn, and child survival partnerships to the continuum of care and accountability: moving fast forward to 2015.
abstract: The present paper provides an overview of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, Healthy Newborn Partnership, and Child Survival Partnership and their eventual merge into the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) in 2005. The promise and past successes of the PMNCH are highlighted, with a particular focus on the PMNCH's partner-centric approach showing the importance of collaboration for progress. The aims of the strategic framework for 2012-2015 are presented within the context of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, launched in 2010, and growing political momentum to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, respectively). The next 4 years leading to 2015 are critical, and the global community must continue to work together to ensure all women and children are reached with key interventions proven to reduce mortality.
authors.affiliation: Family, Women's and Children's Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bustreo
authors.forename: Jennifer Harris
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Requejo
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merialdi
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Presern
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Songane
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002669:Child Welfare; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D011247:Pregnancy