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Impact of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Approach on Decreasing Maternal and Perinatal Deaths in Uganda and Zambia

Florina Serbanescu, Thomas A. Clark, Mary M. Goodwin, Lisa J. Nelson, Mary Adetinuke Boyd, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Frank Kaharuza, Brenda Picho, Diane Morof, Curtis Blanton, Maybin Mumba, Patrick Komakech, Fernando Carlosama, Michelle M. Schmitz and Claudia Morrissey Conlon on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2019, 7(Supplement 1):S27-S47; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00428
Florina Serbanescu
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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  • For correspondence: fxs7@cdc.gov
Thomas A. Clark
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Mary M. Goodwin
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Lisa J. Nelson
bDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda.
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Mary Adetinuke Boyd
cDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa
dBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
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Frank Kaharuza
eHIV Health Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda.
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Brenda Picho
fInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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Diane Morof
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
gU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Rockville, MD, USA.
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Curtis Blanton
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Maybin Mumba
cDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Patrick Komakech
bDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda.
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Fernando Carlosama
aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Michelle M. Schmitz
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Claudia Morrissey Conlon
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vol. 7 no. Supplement 1 S27-S47
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00428
PubMed 
30867208

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: November 1, 2018
  • Accepted: January 28, 2019
  • Published online March 13, 2019.

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© Serbanescu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00428

Author Information

  1. Florina Serbanescua⇑,
  2. Thomas A. Clarka,
  3. Mary M. Goodwina,
  4. Lisa J. Nelsonb,
  5. Mary Adetinuke Boydc,
  6. Adeodata R. Kekitiinwad,
  7. Frank Kaharuzae,
  8. Brenda Pichof,
  9. Diane Morofa,g,
  10. Curtis Blantona,
  11. Maybin Mumbac,
  12. Patrick Komakechb,
  13. Fernando Carlosamaa,
  14. Michelle M. Schmitza,
  15. Claudia Morrissey Conlonh
  16. on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group
  1. aDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  2. bDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda.
  3. cDivision of Global HIV and TB, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia.
  4. dBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
  5. eHIV Health Office, U.S. Agency for International Development, Kampala, Uganda.
  6. fInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
  7. gU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Rockville, MD, USA.
  8. hBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Florina Serbanescu (fxs7{at}cdc.gov).
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