Saving Mothers, Giving Life: It Takes a System to Save a Mother

Claudia Morrissey Conlon; Florina Serbanescu; Lawrence Marum; Jessica Healey; Jonathan LaBrecque; Reeti Hobson; Marta Levitt; Adeodata Kekitiinwa; Brenda Picho; Fatma Soud; Lauren Spigel; Mona Steffen; Jorge Velasco; Robert Cohen; William Weiss

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Saving Mothers, Giving Life: It Takes a System to Save a Mother

Claudia Morrissey Conlon, Florina Serbanescu, Lawrence Marum, Jessica Healey, Jonathan LaBrecque, Reeti Hobson, Marta Levitt, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Brenda Picho, Fatma Soud, Lauren Spigel, Mona Steffen, Jorge Velasco, Robert Cohen and William Weiss on behalf of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group

Global Health: Science and Practice March 2019, 7(Supplement 1):S6-S26; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-18-00427

Claudia Morrissey Conlon

aBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.

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For correspondence: Cconlon@usaid.gov

Florina Serbanescu

bDivision of Reproductive Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Lawrence Marum

cCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia. Now retired.

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Jessica Healey

dU.S. Agency for International Development, Lusaka, Zambia. Now based in Monrovia, Liberia.

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Jonathan LaBrecque

aBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.

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Reeti Hobson

eBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. Now with ICF, Rockville, MD, USA.

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Marta Levitt

fBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development and RTI, Washington, DC, USA. Now with Palladium, Abuja, Nigeria.

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Adeodata Kekitiinwa

gBaylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.

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Brenda Picho

hInfectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

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Fatma Soud

iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia. Now an independent consultant, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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Lauren Spigel

jICF, Fairfax, VA, USA. Now with Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA.

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Mona Steffen

eBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. Now with ICF, Rockville, MD, USA.

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Jorge Velasco

kU.S. Agency for International Development, Papua, New Guinea.

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Robert Cohen

aBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.

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William Weiss

aBureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.

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