title: How can we improve the use of essential evidence-based interventions?
abstract: Between 250,000-280,000 women die worldwide during pregnancy and childbirth each year and children in low- and middle-income countries are 56 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than children in high-income countries. This Editorial discusses the publishing of a supplement within Reproductive Health titled Essential interventions for maternal, newborn and child health which aims to provide a scientific basis to the recommended interventions along with implementation strategies and proposed packages of care.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina. belizanj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Belizán
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salaria
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valanzasca
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbizvo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003906:Developing Countries; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy