CROSS-COUNTRY SYNTHESIS: NEONATAL AND MATERNAL MORTALITY

This cross-country synthesis describes high-level insights from our research in seven countries identified as Exemplars in neonatal and maternal mortality reduction. Additional information about each Exemplar country’s progress is available on their respective narrative pages, including those for Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, and Senegal. This synthesis focuses on key drivers, insights, and lessons that emerged across Exemplar countries that could be relevant for other countries looking to learn from their successes.

In particular, this synthesis emphasizes the importance of context-specific recommendations that consider a country’s current performance across maternal and newborn health-related indicators – as success factors vary across higher- and lower-mortality settings. An Interactive Benchmarking Tool was developed to help target lessons from Exemplar countries to peer settings where they are most likely to be relevant.