Editorial: Accountability in maternal and neonatal health programs

As Martin Hilber and her colleagues aptly put it in the first paper in this set of Evidence for Action (E4A) papers, “Accountability has replaced ‘political will’ as the new silver bullet to improve MNH [maternal and newborn health] in Africa” [1]. Of course, there are no silver bullets, but accountability is definitely a notion whose time has come. Accountability means many things to many people and occur s in many forms at many levels, from governments living up to budget promises, to pharmacists avoiding stock-outs and clinics being open when they are supposed to be.

Source: International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - October 14, 2016 Category: OBGYN Authors: Judith A. Fortney Tags: Evidence for action Source Type: research