Learning from success: the main drivers of the maternal and newborn health transition in seven positive-outlier countries and implications for future policies and programmes

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• Neff Walker,
• James Blanchard,
• Nadia Akseer,
• Loveday Penn-Kekana,
• Kerry Wong,
• Oona Maeve Renee Campbell,
• Bouchra Assarag,
• Vincent de Brouwere,
• Adam Koon,
• Isabelle Lange,
• Kerry Scott,
• Ties Boerma,
• Shajy Isac,
• BM Ramesh,
• Neil Spicer,
• Cesar Victora,
• Shams El Arifeen,
• Jessica King,
• Abdoulaye Maïga,
• Agbessi Amouzou,
• Robert Black,
• Shelley Walton,
• Melisa Martinez-Alvarez,
• Catherine Pitt,
• Nasreen Jessani,
• Hannah Blencowe,
• Andrea Blanchard,
• Dessalegn Melesse,
• Elizabeth Hazel,
• Nathaniel Gerthe,
• Neha Singh,
• Safia Jiwani,
• Reynold Washington,
• Himanshu Bhushan,
• Melinda Munos,
• Cauane Blumenberg,
• Gloria Ikilezi,
• Ritu Agarwal,
• Aniqa Tasnim Hossain,
• Ashenif Tadele,
• Aluisio Barros,
• William E Oswald,
• Rachid Bezad,
• Yvonne Tam,
• Usha Ram,
• Prakash Kumar,
• Mitali Raja,
• Diksha Dhupar,
• Ashutosh Kothari,
• Manoj Alagarajan,
• Shoummo Sen Gupta,
• Kisan Algur,
• Lakshmi Sripada,
• Thirumalai Narayanan,
• Lamou Ousseini Youssoufa,
• Aida Mounkaila,
• Assanatou Bamogo,
• Sudha Sharma,
• Dadhi Adhikari,
• Shegaw Mulunesh,
• Ahmed E Rahman,
• Sanae El Omrani,
• Mareme Diallo,
• Aminata Ka,
• Malick Kante,
• Yahaya Mahamadou,
• Moussa Mohamed,
• Abdoua E Dagobi,
• Nehmat el Helou,
• Heather Jue-Wong,
• Cheikh MBacke,
• Ryan Fitzgerald,
• Rowan Hussein,
• Jordan-Tate Thomas

Affiliations

Rheumatology, University College London, London, UK

Neff Walker

1 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

James Blanchard

Institute of Global Public Health University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Nadia Akseer

Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Loveday Penn-Kekana

2Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Kerry Wong

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Oona Maeve Renee Campbell

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Bouchra Assarag

2Ecole Nationale de Santé Publique, Morocco

Vincent de Brouwere

5Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Adam Koon

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

Isabelle Lange

Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Kerry Scott

2 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ties Boerma

Countdown to 2030 for Women`s, Children`s and Adolescents` Health, Institute for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shajy Isac

Institute for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

BM Ramesh

University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences, Winnipeg, Canada

Neil Spicer

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Cesar Victora

International Center for Equity in Health, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Shams El Arifeen

Maternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jessica King

Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Abdoulaye Maïga

International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Agbessi Amouzou

International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Robert Black

International Health Department, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Shelley Walton

1 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Melisa Martinez-Alvarez

Department of Global Health and Development, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Dakar, Senegal

Catherine Pitt

Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Nasreen Jessani

Hannah Blencowe

1 Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Andrea Blanchard

Dessalegn Melesse

Elizabeth Hazel

Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nathaniel Gerthe

Gates Ventures, Kirkland, Washington, USA

Neha Singh

Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Safia Jiwani

Reynold Washington

4Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Himanshu Bhushan

6National Health Systems Resource Centre, New Delhi, India

Melinda Munos

2 International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Cauane Blumenberg

International Center for Equity in Health, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Gloria Ikilezi

Gates Ventures, Kirkland, Washington, USA

Ritu Agarwal

6 Department of Radiodiagnosis, SMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Aniqa Tasnim Hossain

Maternal and Child Health Division (MCHD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ashenif Tadele

Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Aluisio Barros

3International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

William E Oswald

Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Rachid Bezad

University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

Yvonne Tam

International Health Department, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Usha Ram

International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Prakash Kumar

International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mitali Raja

Diksha Dhupar

Ashutosh Kothari

Manoj Alagarajan

Shoummo Sen Gupta

Kisan Algur

Lakshmi Sripada

Thirumalai Narayanan

Lamou Ousseini Youssoufa

2 Institut National de la Statistique, Niamey, Niger

Aida Mounkaila

3 Direction des Statistiques Sanitaires, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Niamey, Niger

Assanatou Bamogo

1 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Sudha Sharma

Private Consultant, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dadhi Adhikari

South Asian Institute for Policy Analysis and Leadership, Kathmandu, Nepal

Shegaw Mulunesh

Ahmed E Rahman

Sanae El Omrani

Mareme Diallo

Aminata Ka

Malick Kante

Yahaya Mahamadou

Moussa Mohamed

Abdoua E Dagobi

Nehmat el Helou

Heather Jue-Wong

Cheikh MBacke

Ryan Fitzgerald

Rowan Hussein

Jordan-Tate Thomas