From: Critical maternal health knowledge gaps in low- and middle-income countries for the post-2015 era
N = 26 respondents | Number of respondents who identified the topic as a priority |
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Persistent and critical maternal health knowledge gaps | |
Implementation research to strengthen health systems to deliver evidence-based interventions at scale and with quality | 19 |
Improving quality of maternal healthcare | 16 |
Improving the quality and availability of information about maternal mortality | 7 |
Supporting women’s empowerment | 7 |
Increasing the availability and uptake of contraception | 6 |
Increasing access to safe abortion services | 6 |
New treatments for the major causes of maternal death | 6 |
Crucial maternal health issues that have not received adequate attention from donors and researchers | |
Health workforce (allocation and retention, task-shifting, training, and leadership and supervision; role of private and unrecognized providers) | 15 |
Preventing and eliminating disrespect and abuse | 9 |
Over-medicalization of birth | 8 |
Demand generation | 7 |
Measurement, prevention, and treatment of maternal morbidities | 7 |
New situations and emerging challenges that affect maternal health | |
Increasing burden of non-communicable disease | 13 |
Persistence of social and economic inequality | 10 |
Urbanization | 9 |
Translating knowledge about the developmental origins of health and disease into practice | 7 |
Information and communication technologies to enhance maternal health | 7 |