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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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Supplemental material

Files in this Data Supplement:

  • The Savings Mothers, Giving Life Model - Text s01, DOCX
  • Saving Mothers, Giving Life Implementing Partners - Text s02, DOCX
  • Saving Mothers, Giving Life Routine Quarterly Indicators - Text s03, DOCX
  • Saving Mothers, Giving Life Special Studies Results - Text s04, DOCX
  • Comparison of SMGL Outcomes With DHS Surveys and UN Maternal Mortality Estimates - Text s05, DOCX
  • Strengthening the Safe Motherhood Ecosystem: A Case Study of Private Health Sector Mobilization in Uganda - Text s06, DOCX

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