title: Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities.
abstract: Considerable progress has been made towards reducing under-5 childhood mortality in the Millennium Development Goals era. Reduction in newborn mortality has lagged behind maternal and child mortality. Effective implementation of innovative, evidence-based, and cost-effective interventions can reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Interventions aimed at the most vulnerable group results in maximal impact on mortality. Intervention coverage and scale-up remains low, inequitable and uneven in low-income countries due to numerous health-systems bottle-necks. Innovative service delivery strategies, increased integration and linkages across the maternal, newborn, child health continuum of care are vital to accelerate progress towards ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric HIV Program, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Global Health Education, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Brenner Children's Hospital, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: ashetty@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: Avinash K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D000067576:Child Health; D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D014943:Global Health; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000068097:Maternal Health; D008428:Maternal Mortality
keywords: Child health; Maternal health; Millennium Development Goals; Newborn health; Reproductive health; Sustainable development