Global Maternal and Child Health

Every year, hundreds of thousands of women die from causes directly related to pregnancy and childbirth, and millions of children do not survive to their fifth birthday, with the vast majority of these deaths concentrated in low- and middle-income countries. Researchers working at the intersection of pediatrics, perinatology, and global health investigate why these gaps persist — examining how health systems are structured, how antenatal care reaches (or fails to reach) vulnerable populations, and what role community health workers can play when formal medical infrastructure is thin. A central challenge is understanding how socio-economic inequality shapes outcomes at every level, from a family's ability to access a skilled birth attendant to a government's capacity to fund maternal health programs. Active work focuses on reducing the burden of stillbirths, which remain undercounted and underaddressed, and on determining which targeted interventions — deployed at scale through global health initiatives — produce durable improvements rather than short-term gains.

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Keywords

Maternal MortalityChild MortalityHealth SystemsGlobal Health InitiativesCommunity Health WorkersStillbirths