The Global Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis Initiative: A Call for Collaboration and Action by 2030
The Global Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis Initiative Working Group, “The Global Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis Initiative: A Call for Collaboration and Action by 2030,” The Lancet (February 2017), doi:dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30020-7
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Abstract
Significant progress has been made in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the past 15 years, but additional improvements will require a comprehensive approach that targets all causes of maternal and newborn mortality. Further reduction of maternal and newborn deaths is a priority for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and for implementing the UN Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, and is also critical for two strategic plans—Every Newborn: An Action Plan to End Preventable Deaths (ENAP) and the Strategies toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM).
The announcement of this new initiative to address maternal and neonatal mortality due to sepsis will result in new research and recommendations for its prevention and management. The initiative will culminate in September 2017 with the Global Maternal Sepsis Study.
