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Evidence for action on improving the maternal and newborn health workforce: The basis for quality care
Author(s) -
Campbell Jim,
Sochas Laura,
Cometto Giorgio,
Matthews Zoë
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.11.003
Subject(s) - medicine , workforce , accountability , quality (philosophy) , health care , global health , action (physics) , nursing , economic growth , quality management , human resources , environmental health , public health , operations management , management system , political science , economics , epistemology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Ambitious new goals to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths will not only require increased coverage but also improved quality of care. Unfortunately, current levels of quality in the delivery of maternal and newborn care are low in high‐burden countries, for reasons that are intimately linked with inadequate planning and management of the maternal and newborn health workforce. The Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health is a key opportunity to strengthen global and country‐level accountability frameworks for the health workforce and its capacity to deliver quality care. In order to succeed, maternal and newborn health specialists must embrace this strategy and its linkages with the new Global Strategy for Women's, Children's, and Adolescents’ Health; action is needed across high‐ and low‐income countries; and any accountability framework must be underpinned by ambitious, measurable indicators and strengthened data collection on human resources for health.