Groppi L., Somigliana E., Pisani V., Ika M., Mabor J.L., Akec H.N., Nhial J.A., Mading M.S., Scanagatta C., Manenti F., Putoto G.
International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2015 January

Between 1990 and 2014, significant results were obtained for reducing child and maternal mortality, as set by the fourth and fifth Millennium Development Goals. However, there are alarming disparities from country to country and between rural and urban regions with concentrations of mortality in the poorest rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. To [...]

Straneo M., Fogliati P., Azzimonti G., Mangi S., Kisika F.
PLoS One. 2014 December

In Tanzania, like in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, there are high maternal mortality rates. In response to the fifth Millennium Development Goal, the government has put in place strategies to extend the coverage of health facilities to increase the number of deliveries in health facilities. As a result, in the district of Iringa, in [...]

Mucunguzi S., Wamani H., Lochoro P., Tylleskar T.
African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2014 September

WHO has estimated approximately 358,000 maternal deaths occurred during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 hours of birth (2008 data) with a considerable reduction (about 34%) since 1990. However these data are less positive if we look at Sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for more than half of maternal deaths. Many studies have shown the importance of [...]

Wilunda C., Quaglio G., Putoto G., Lochoro P., Dall'Oglio G., Manenti F., Atzori A., Lochiam R.M., Takahashi R., Mukundwa A., Oyerinde K.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 August

With a population that is about 11% of the world population, Sub-Saharan Africa has half of maternal and child deaths. Partly as strategies to meet the Millennium Development Goals (4 and 5), numerous interventions have been implemented to combat mother and infant mortality, with special attention to health services for skilled attendance at birth. Why [...]

Stenberg K., Axelson H., Sheehan P., Anderson I., Gülmezoglu A.M., Temmerman M., Mason E., Friedman H.S., Bhutta Z.A., Lawn J.E., Sweeny K.,Tulloch J., Hansen P., Chopra M., Gupta A., Vogel J.P., Ostergren M., Rasmussen B., Levin C., Boyle C., Kuruvilla S., Koblinsky M., Walker N., de Francisco A., Novcic N., Presern C., Jamison D., Bustreo F., Study Group for the Global Investment Framework for Women's Children's Health
Lancet. 2014 April

The new Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health shows how investing in women’s and children’s health can not only generate positive outcomes in terms of health, but also advance social and economic development. Strengthening health care systems through investments to expand immunization coverage, family planning services, and the treatment of HIV/AIDS and malaria [...]