Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services

Celia Karp¹, Erika M Edwards^{2

3

4}, Hannah Tappis^{1

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
³ Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
⁴ Vermont Oxford Network, 33 Kilburn Street, 05401, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
⁵ JHPIEGO, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁶ Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 38172801
PMCID: PMC10762983
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-06207-y

Editorial

Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services

Celia Karp et al. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 3;24(1):21.

doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-06207-y.

Authors

Celia Karp¹, Erika M Edwards^{2

3

4}, Hannah Tappis^{1

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
³ Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
⁴ Vermont Oxford Network, 33 Kilburn Street, 05401, Burlington, VT, USA. erika.edwards@uvm.edu.
⁵ JHPIEGO, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁶ Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 38172801
PMCID: PMC10762983
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-06207-y

Abstract

As maternal mortality and morbidity rates stagnate or increase worldwide, there is an urgent need to address health system issues that impede access to high-quality care. Learning from efforts to address the value, safety, and effectiveness of reproductive and maternal health care is essential to advancing quality improvement efforts.

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Conflict of interest statement

Erika Edwards receives grant funding from Vermont Oxford Network and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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