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Medicine & Health

Improving Maternal Health Measurement

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This collaboration between Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and PLOS collates the findings of original multi-country observational research conducted to validate indicators that are used to track progress relating to the systemic and structural determinants of maternal health, with the goal of supporting global and country-level efforts to improve maternal health measurement capacity, and use of valid and reliable measures.

As maternal deaths shift from being largely attributable to direct obstetric to indirect causes, addressing upstream, contextual factors are crucial for ending preventable maternal mortality, as outlined in the 2015 World Health Organization report, "Strategies toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM)", which sets forth global targets and strategies for reducing maternal mortality in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) period. However, most health indicators at the policy and health system level are not research-validated, and there is no standard research methodology to do so.

The body of research comprised in this PLOS Collection includes original validity research with unique methods described in each report. Three research settings, selected based on their geographic diversity, are comprised within one overarching, multi-country, observational research project conducted in Argentina, Ghana, and India. The Collection compiles the methodological reports and original research findings that document the process and outcomes of a body of research that aims to improve maternal health measurement.

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PLOS ONE and PLOS Medicine
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Dept. Global Health and Population, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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