LSHTM Faculty of Public Health and Policy Seminar Series
To tackle a shared low- and middle-income country (LMIC) need for improved labour, childbirth and newborn care the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners are pursuing a 'global network' approach called The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN).
"Women s groups practising participatory learning and action led to substantial reductions in neonatal and maternal mortalities in rural, low-resource settings." Maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).