Learning from failure? Political expediency, evidence, and inaction in global maternal health

Zubia Mumtaz; Alyssa Ferguson; Afshan Bhatti; Sarah Salway

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.032

Learning from failure? Political expediency, evidence, and inaction in global maternal health

Soc Sci Med. 2019 Jul:232:427-431. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.032. Epub 2017 May 17.

Authors

Zubia Mumtaz¹, Alyssa Ferguson², Afshan Bhatti³, Sarah Salway⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: zubia.mumtaz@ualberta.ca.
² School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada.
³ Real Medicine Foundation Pakistan, Pakistan.
⁴ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 28583692
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.032

No abstract available

Keywords: Accountability; Evidence-based decision making; Health systems research; Inequities; Maternal health; Midwives; Pakistan; Programs; Projects.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Capacity Building / organization & administration
Community Health Workers / organization & administration
Female
Global Health*
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility / economics
Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration*
Health Services Accessibility / standards
Humans
International Cooperation
Maternal Health / economics
Maternal Health / standards*
Maternal Health Services / economics
Maternal Health Services / organization & administration*
Maternal Health Services / standards
Pakistan
Politics*
Rural Population