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 their first five years of life — the vast majority of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Researchers working at the intersection of pediatrics, perinatology, and global health study how biological, social, and structural factors combine to produce these outcomes, and how interventions ranging from antenatal care programs to community health worker networks can shift them. A central question driving current work is why large-scale global health initiatives have reduced mortality in some settings but left persistent inequalities untouched in others, particularly for the poorest and most geographically isolated populations. Understanding stillbirths — long undercounted and under-researched — and the health system conditions that allow or prevent timely, skilled care around birth and early childhood remains an urgent open problem.

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Maternal MortalityChild MortalityHealth SystemsGlobal Health InitiativesCommunity Health WorkersStillbirths