title: Global Health Ethics: The Case of Maternal and Neonatal Survival.
abstract: Through their Sustainable Development Goals the United Nations recognizes the moral significance of health, stating that the elimination of maternal and early neonatal mortality are health outcomes that should be available to all women in the world. Complete prevention requires addition of a skill set for maternal care teams that is a magnitude greater than what we have today. As universities, individuals, institutions and NGO's engage in initiatives to end preventable maternal and neonatal mortality, an expanded context of ethical imperatives becomes increasingly important. Besides the traditional principles of non-maleficence, beneficence, autonomy, and social justice, imbalances between high and low income countries and cultural relativity give rise to broader ethical imperatives: mutual respect, trust, open communication, accountability, transparency, leadership capacity building and sustainability. The elimination of disparities in other women's issues, HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, chronic non-infectious diseases, can all be more effectively addressed through a lens of ethical global health engagement.
authors.affiliation: Director of Global Initiatives, University of Michigan Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, L4000 WH, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: fwja@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Frank W J
authors.initials: FWJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor, Women's Studies, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, L4000 WH, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy R B
authors.initials: TRB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 2800 Plymouth Road, Building 14, CBSSM, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800, USA; Hoogleraar Midwifery Science, Academie Verloskunde Maastricht/Zuyd University, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Vries
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health / Q000941:ethics*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility
keywords: Global Health Ethics; Sustainable Development Goals; academic partnerships; capacity building; maternal mortality; neonatal mortality